Buzzy Jackson earned a Ph.D. in U.S. History from UC
Berkeley, where she wrote her first book, A Bad Woman Feeling Good:
Blues and the Women Who Sing Them (W.W. Norton: 2005). She has
received numerous writing and teaching awards, including those from
UC Berkeley, PEN-West and the American Library Association. She is
currently a Research Affiliate at The Center of the American West
at CU-Boulder. Buzzy writes for many online publications as well as
for radio and film.
To contact Buzzy and find out more about her current projects,
visit www.buzzyjackson.com.
"Very interesting and entertaining—I read it with pleasure."
—Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and New York Times
bestselling author of Strength in What Remains
“Part Gen-X guide to genealogy, part rollicking road trip for roots
– complete with somebody named Cousin Mooner – Buzzy Jackson’s book
is funny, illuminating and profound. If your idea of genealogy is
grandpa hunched over that tattered ancestral chart he keeps in the
back of his suspenders drawer, think again.”
—Ariel Sabar, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and
author of My Father’s Paradise
“It’s as if Tony Horwitz or Sarah Vowell invaded the hallowed halls
of genealogy and exposed our past-adoring, source-citing,
ancestor-worshiping underworld.”
—Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, author of Who Do You Think You Are?:
The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History
“This is a delightful book -- fun to read, but educational. Much
recommended for anyone who has considered searching for their
ancestors (or loves someone who does so). Jackson is so friendly,
her outlook so generous -- from a cruise ship in the Caribbean to a
forgotten graveyard in Alabama to a crowded library in Salt Lake
City -- she is the perfect companion for this adventurous trip into
the world of genealogy.”
—Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of The Jane
Austen Book Club
“Jackson packs an amazing amount of information and advice into
small, pithy paragraphs. . . her descriptions of the process and
the people she met will prove fascinating to everyone with an
interest in tracing their family backward.” —Booklist
"Jackson’s account is an easily digested travelogue into her
family’s history and a vivid journey into the world of genealogy."
—The Boston Globe
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