Description:
Southern writers, historians, and artists celebrate the life and career of a beloved mentor, friend, and colleague
Brief description: Orville Vernon Burton, is Creativity Professor of Humanities, professor of history, sociology, and computer science at Clemson University, and the director of the Clemson CyberInstitute. From 2008-2010, he was the Burroughs Distinguished Professor of Southern History and Culture at Coastal Carolina University. He is Emeritus University Distinguished Teacher/Scholar, University Scholar, and professor of history, African American studies, and sociology at the University of Illinois. The author of more than two hundred articles and author or editor of more than twenty books, including The Age of Lincoln, In My Father's House are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina; his latest book is Penn Center: A History Preserved.
Review Quotes:
We need more volumes like this one. Reading it leaves one feeling grateful for the life choices these writers and scholars made, and hopeful for the future of our academic profession.
-- "The Journal of Southern History"