About the Author

Preston Lauterbach is the author of Bluff City, Beale Street Dynasty, The Chitlin’ Circuit, a Wall Street Journal and Boston Globe book of the year, and co-author of Brother Johnson: Growing Up with Robert Johnson. He is a former visiting scholar at Rhodes College and a Virginia Humanities Fellow. He lives in Virginia.

Reviews

"...a highly enjoyable account...The minute attention to detail suggests painstaking research, but a discreet and likeable authorial presence is maintained throughout."
*Times Literary Supplement*

"Adds a fascinating chapter to civil rights history."
*The New York Times Book Review*

"All aspects of this complex, fascinating history are told… with verve and vivid erudition."
*Tom Nolan - The Wall Street Journal*