| Description |
xiv, 330 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / by David Altshuler -- Genetic gumbo : Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick Jr. -- The long arc of freedom : John Lewis and Cory Booker -- What's in a name? : Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada -- Redemption : Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon -- The children of Abraham : Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl, and Yasir Qadhi -- From the Old World to the New : Robert Downey Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal -- Shadows : Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice, and Ruth Simmons -- Crossings : Margaret Cho, Sanjay Gupta, and Martha Stewart -- Neither slave nor free : Wanda Sykes, John Legend, and Margarett Cooper -- In the footsteps of conquistadors : Michelle Rodriguez, Linda Chavez, and Adrian Grenier. |
| Summary |
The author investigates the geneological histories of twenty-five prominent Americans, including Cory Booker, Martha Stewart, and Michelle Rodriguez. |
| Subject |
United States -- Genealogy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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United States. |
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Genealogy. |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Subject |
Celebrities -- United States -- Genealogy.
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Celebrities. |
| Genre/Form |
Genealogy.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Family histories.
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Family histories.
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| Added Title |
Finding your roots (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781469618005 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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1469618001 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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9781469618012 (ebook) |
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