MARK COLLINS JENKINS is the author of 4 previous books of history, including
Worlds to Explore: Tales of Exploration and Adventure from National Geographic;
The Book of Marvels;
High Adventure: The Story of the National Geographic Society; and
Odysseys and Photographs. The former archivist of the National Geographic Society, he lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
DAVID TAYLOR is the author of three previous books of history, including Soul of A People, which the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette named among Best Books of 2009, Tall Ship Odysseys, and Ginseng, the Divine Root, published by Algonquin Books. His articles appear in The Washington Post, The American Scholar, Smithsonian, and Oxford American. He teaches at The Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD.