About the Author

Howard E. Covington Jr. of Greensboro, N.C., has been writing about North Carolina people and history for twenty-five years. His Favored by Fortune: George W. Watts and The Hills of Durham, was awarded the Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction.

Reviews

"An excellent new biography." -- Raleigh News & Observer

"Covington has proven to be a master biographical historian." -- North Carolina Historical Review