George Lankford, professor emeritus of Lyons College, Batesville, Arkansas, is the author of many books and the recipient of many awards, including the Arkansas Historical Associationas Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the editor of Bearing Witness: Memories of Arkansas Slavery (University of Arkansas Press) and wrote the introduction to Cavorting on the Devilas Fork: The Pete Whetstone Letters of C. F. M. Noland (University of Arkansas Press).