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Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore

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Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore is Peter V. and C. Vann Woodward Professor of History at Yale University. Her most recent book, These United States: The Making of Modern America, 1890 to the Present, was co-authored with Thomas Sugrue. Her previous works include Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy, Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights, 1919-1950, Who Were the Progressives? , and Jumpin' Jim Crow: Southern Politics from Civil War to Civil Rights. Gender and Jim Crow won the James A. Rawley Prize in 1997 for the best book in race relations and the Frederick Jackson Turner for the best...

David Liittschwager

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David Liittschwager is a freelance photographer who grew up in Eugene, Oregon. Between 1983 and 1986, he worked as an assistant to Richard Avedon in New York City. After working in advertising, he turned his skills to portraiture with an emphasis on natural history subjects. Now a contributing photographer to National Geographic and other magazines, Liittschwager is also a successful book author. In 2002 he produced the books Skulls and X-Ray Ichthyology: The Structure of Fishes for the California Academy of Sciences. Liittschwager's books in collaboration with Susan Middleton include Archipelago, Remains...