November 13, 1998

University Press of Virginia to Reprint Book on Jefferson's Affair With Slave; 2 New Books Take Opposite Views of the Bard

It's so nice to be proved right. The University Press of Virginia is rushing to reprint Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy, in light of new DNA evidence that Jefferson fathered a son with one of his slaves. The press sold out of the book last week, after a slew of high-profile appearances in the news media by its author, Annette Gordon-Reed, a professor at New York Law School. Ms.