Always a Place for History: An Interview with Henry Wiencek

• Main Author: Lydia Williams
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Virginia Tech Libraries 2005-04-01
• Series: Virginia Libraries
• Online Access: https://virginialibrariesjournal.org/articles/508

<p>Author Henry Wiencek is a senior research fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities in Charlottesville. His latest book is <em>An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America </em>. His previous book, <em>The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White </em>, won the 1999 National Book Critics Circle Award in biography. A narrative history of two extended families linked by history and blood, <em>The Hairstons </em>traces their story from colonial times to the present and examines the legacy of slavery. Wiencek was series editor of <em>The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America </em>. He is also the author of <em>Old Houses, Mansions of the Virginia Gentry, Plantations of the Old South </em>, and several books for Time-Life. With his wife, Donna Lucey, Wiencek wrote <em>The National Geographic Guide to America's Great Houses </em>. He has contributed articles to <em>American Heritage, American Legacy, Smithsonian Magazine </em>, and <em>Connoisseur </em>. In 2003, Wiencek was appointed to the board of the Library of Virginia.uthor Henry Wiencek is a senior research fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities in Charlottesville. His latest book is <em>An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America </em>. His previous book, <em>The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White </em>, won the 1999 National Book Critics Circle Award in biography. A narrative history of two extended families linked by history and blood, <em>The Hairstons </em>traces their story from colonial times to the present and examines the legacy of slavery. Wiencek was series editor of <em>The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America </em>. He is also the author of <em>Old Houses, Mansions of the Virginia Gentry, Plantations of the Old South </em>, and several books for Time-Life. With his wife, Donna Lucey, Wiencek wrote <em>The National Geographic Guide to America's Great Houses </em>. He has contributed articles to <em>American Heritage, American Legacy, Smithsonian Magazine </em>, and <em>Connoisseur </em>. In 2003, Wiencek was appointed to the board of the Library of Virginia.</p>