TRACY KIDDER graduated from Harvard University and studied at
the University of Iowa. He has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National
Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, and many other literary
prizes. The author of My Detachment, Mountains Beyond Mountains,
Home Town, Old Friends, Among Schoolchildren, House, and The Soul
of a New Machine, Kidder lives in Massachusetts and Maine.
MICHAEL FRENCH has published twenty books, including fiction for
adults and young adults, biographies, and art criticism. He has
adapted many acclaimed adult works for young people. Michael
French divides his time between Santa Barbara, California, and
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
"An important story that feels like it breathes a dose of virtuous
oxygen right into readers' heads."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred
Review
"Accessible and fascinating. It's focus on Farmer the humanitarian
provides a much-needed education in empathy."—Booklist
"A thoughtful examination of a complex man operating in a complex
world."—The Horn Book
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