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Author Louis, Gates Henry

Title Faces of America : How 12 Extraordinary People Discovered their Pasts
Published New York : NYU Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (289 pages)
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction: Looking at Faces; A Note on DNA Testing; 1 Mike Nichols; 2 Meryl Streep; 3 Queen Noor; 4 Louise Erdrich; 5 Yo-Yo Ma; 6 Dr. Mehmet Oz; 7 Mario Batali; 8 Elizabeth Alexander; 9 Malcolm Gladwell; 10 Stephen Colbert; 11 Kristi Yamaguchi; 12 Eva Longoria; DNA Appendix; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Author
Summary As a nation of immigrants, the American experience is vibrantly defined by the diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious heritage of its people. Perhaps because so many of their ancestors migrated to this country relatively recently, Americans are especially concerned with their family trees, carving out personal histories by combing through documents such as wills and estate records, federal and state censuses, and private family papers, and mining the stories and tales handed down to them by their forebears. Since 2007, the Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has been helping Afric
Notes In English
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Subject Genetic genealogy -- United States -- Case studies
Race -- Biography
HISTORY -- United States -- General.
Genetic genealogy
Race
United States -- Genealogy -- Case studies
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Case studies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010016968
ISBN 9780814733202
0814733204
0814732658
9780814732656