Thomas P. Slaughter is the Andrew V. Tackes Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.
He is the award-winning author of three previous books—most recently, THE NATURES OF JOHN AND WILLAM BARTRAM—and is the editor of three others, including the Library of America edition of WILLIAM BARTRAM: TRAVELS and OTHER WRITING. He lives in South Bend, Indiana, with his wife and two children.
