{"product_id":"sally-hemings","title":"Sally Hemings","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy: Barbara Chase-Riboud\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the greatest love stories in American history is also one of the most controversial. Thomas Jefferson had a mistress for 38 years whom he loved and lived with until he died—the beautiful and elusive Sally Hemings. But it was not simply that Jefferson had a mistress that provoked such a scandal in both his time and ours. It was that Sally Hemings was a quadroon slave and that Jefferson fathered a slave family whose descendants are alive today. In this moving novel, originally published in 1979 and having sold over two million copies worldwide, Barbara Chase-Riboud re-creates one of America’s most powerful love stories, based on the documents and evidence of the day, and gives us a poignant, tragic, and unforgettable meditation on the history of race and sex in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a rare find! Mass market paperback out of print. First published 1980. If you have any questions, please let us know.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Sister's Books","offers":[{"title":"Mass Market used Rare Book","offer_id":53071534555247,"sku":"36640","price":31.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/2608\/7279\/files\/Screenshot2026-05-09132720.png?v=1778347694","url":"https:\/\/www.mysistersbooks.com\/products\/sally-hemings","provider":"My Sister's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}