Richard B. McCaslin

Richard B. McCaslin (M.A. at LSU, Ph.D. at UT-Austin), a professor of history at the University of North Texas, is the author of _Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, October 1862_, which won the Tullis Prize of the Texas State Historical Association and a commendation from the American Association for State and Local History. He has also written _Lee in the Shadow of Washington_, which was nominated for a Pulitzer and won the Slatten Award and the Laney Prize. His other works include three volumes in the Portraits of Conflict series published by the University of Arkansas--on South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee (won Douglas Southall Freeman award)—as well as _The Last Stronghold: The Campaign for Fort Fisher_. His _At the Heart of Texas: One Hundred Years of the Texas State Historical Association, 1897-1997_ won the Award of Merit from the Texas Philosophical Society. He published an annotated edition of Joseph B. Polley's _A Soldier's Letters to Charming Nellie_, and his most recent book is _Fighting Stock: John S. "Rip" Ford of Texas_, which won the Pate Award. For his work, McCaslin is listed in Who's Who in America, and he's an elected Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association. He currently chairs the Department of History at UNT.