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Confronting His Family's History As Slave Owners - Chris Tomlinson On His New Book (Original Post)
matthewf
Aug 2014
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Faryn Balyncd
(5,125 posts)1. remarkable story and interview. thanks.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)2. K&R because this sounds like a book all Americans should read.
I heard a longer interview of Chris Tomlinson on Terry Gross/NPR a couple weeks ago. I definitely plan to pick up the book.
japple
(9,833 posts)4. Thank you for posting this interview. Interesting to hear Texas history esp. on
this topic. My late father's family is from Texas (back to the revolution) though they were mostly poor farmers or sharecroppers.
matthewf
(3,781 posts)5. Glad you all enjoyed it! n/t