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Book

Faces of America : how 12 extraordinary people discovered their pasts

Call Number

  • H 929.2 G2593 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : New York University Press, c2010.

Physical Description

x, 278 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Notes

Includes index.

Based on PBS television series Faces of America hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Contents

  • A note on DNA testing
  • Mike Nichols
  • Meryl Streep
  • Queen Noor
  • Louise Erdrich
  • Yo-Yo Ma
  • Dr. Mehmet Oz
  • Mario Batali
  • Elizabeth Alexander
  • Malcolm Gladwell
  • Stephen Colbert
  • Kristi Yamaguchi
  • Eva Longoria Parker
  • DNA appendix / by Nathan Pearson.

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