Download Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name - One White, One Black AudioBook Free
Journalist Chris Tomlinson was raised hearing experiences about his family's deserted silk cotton plantation in Falls County, Texas. A lot of the tales lionized his white ancestors for pioneering over the Brazos River. His grandfather often said the family's slaves treasured them a great deal that they also required Tomlinson as their last name. LaDainian Tomlinson, basketball great and past running again for the NORTH PARK Chargers, spent part of his youth playing on the same land that his dark-colored ancestors had performed as slaves. As a kid, LaDainian assumed that the Hill was named after his family. Not until he was old enough to read a historical plaque do he realize that the Hill was named for his ancestor's slaveholders. A masterpiece of authentic American background, Tomlinson Hill traces the real and incredibly revealing story of these two families. Right from the start in 1854 - when the first Tomlinson, a white girl, appeared - to 2007, when the last Tomlinson, LaDainian's father, left, the book unflinchingly explores the annals of contest and bigotry in Tx. On the way, it also manages to disclose a great number of untruths that are latent in the unsettling and complicated history of America.
