About the Author

THEODORE ROSENGARTEN, a native of Brooklyn, New York, is a teacher, writer, and community activist. He holds a B.A. in American studies from Amherst College and a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. The author of Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter (National Book Critics Circle Award for best biography), All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw (National Book Award for contemporary affairs), and numerous articles in anthologies, journals, and magazines, Rosengarten was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1989. He lives in McClellanville, South Carolina.