Henry Wiencek

Henry Wiencek

Henry Wiencek (1952— ) is a prominent American historian and editor whose work has encompased the Founding Fathers, various topics relating to slavery, and the Lego company. In 1999, "The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White", which chronicles the history of the racially intertwined Hairston clan, won the National Book Critics Circle Award [http://www.bookcritics.org/?go=pastAwards] for biography and autobiography. Wiencek has come to be particularly associated with his work on Washington and slavery as a result of his most recent book, "An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America", which earned him the Los Angeles Times Book Award for history [http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/newsreleases/print_2004_05.html] .

Background

Wiencek was born and raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He attended Boston College High School, where he was valedictorian. He earned an undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1974 with a double major in Russian Literature and Literary Theory. Soon after graduating, Wiencek moved to New York City, where he worked for Time-Life, editing and writing for its publications.

Personal life

Wiencek is married to Donna M. Lucey, who is also an American historian. Wiencek has resided in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he works in his home, since 1992.

Books

* "An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America", 2003 (A review of the book can be found in [http://www.ancina01.co.uk/sitefiles/jaltra/58819/Slavery.doc] )
* "The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White", 2000
*"National Geographic Guide to Americas Great Houses (National Geographic Guide to America's Great Houses)", 1999
*"Virginia & the Capital Region Smithsonian Guides (Smithsonian Guides to Historic America)", 1998
*"Smithsonian Guides to Historic America: Southern New England - Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island (Smithsonian Guides to Historic America)", 1998
*"Old Houses", 1995
*"Plantations of the Old South (Great American Homes)", 1990
*"The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America Southern New England (The Smithsonian guide to historic America)", 1989
*"The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America Southern New England (The Smithsonian guide to historic America)", 1989
*"World of Lego Toys", 1987
*"The Lords of Japan (Treasures of The World)", 1982


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