Michael GolayMichael Golay teaches history at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. He is the author of a number of books, including A Ruined Land: The End of the Civil War, a finalist for the Lincoln Prize in American History, The Tide of Epire: America's March to the Pacific, and Critical Companion to William Faulkner. He lives in Exeter and Old Lyme, Connecticut. Read More Read Less