Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree - The Search for My Melungeon Ancestors

Lisa Alther
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Traces the author's personal search for the missing members of her family tree, a dark-skinned, six-fingered clan of alleged child snatchers from east Tennessee with mysterious historical origins and descendents she was forbidden to visit.
Genres: NonfictionMemoirBiographyHistoryEssaysBiography MemoirHistorical
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