{"product_id":"tomlinson-hill-the-remarkable-story-of-two-families-who-share-the-tomlinson-name-one-white-one-black","title":"Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name - One White, One Black","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eTomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name - One White, One Black\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eChris Tomlinson\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250005472\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThomas Dunne Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2014\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Seller!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTomlinson Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is the stunning story of two families--one white, one black--who trace their roots to a slave plantation that bears their name. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInternationally recognized for his work as a fearless war correspondent, award-winning journalist Chris Tomlinson grew up hearing stories about his family's abandoned cotton plantation in Falls County, Texas. Most of the tales lionized his white ancestors for pioneering along the Brazos River. His grandfather often said the family's slaves loved them so much that they also took Tomlinson as their last name. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaDainian Tomlinson, football great and former running back for the San Diego Chargers, spent part of his childhood playing on the same land that his black ancestors had worked as slaves. As a child, LaDainian believed the Hill was named after his family. Not until he was old enough to read an historical plaque did he realize that the Hill was named for his ancestor's slaveholders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA masterpiece of authentic American history, \u003ci\u003eTomlinson Hill\u003c\/i\u003e traces the true and very revealing story of these two families. From the beginning in 1854-- when the first Tomlinson, a white woman, arrived--to 2007, when the last Tomlinson, LaDainian's father, left, the book unflinchingly explores the history of race and bigotry in Texas. Along the way it also manages to disclose a great many untruths that are latent in the unsettling and complex story of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTomlinson Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is also the basis for a film and an interactive web project. The award-winning film, which airs on PBS, concentrates on present-day Marlin, Texas and how the community struggles with poverty and the legacy of race today, and is accompanied by an interactive web site called Voice of Marlin, which stores the oral histories collected along the way. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris Tomlinson has used the reporting skills he honed as a highly respected reporter covering ethnic violence in Africa and the Midd\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Thomas Dunne Books","offers":[{"title":"Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name - One White, One Black | Chris Tomlinson | Book | 9781250005472 | Used: Very Good | American History 1404604","offer_id":48433121951896,"sku":"1404604","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51oVcC9rgHL.jpg?v=1773354771","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/tomlinson-hill-the-remarkable-story-of-two-families-who-share-the-tomlinson-name-one-white-one-black","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}