Vernon Burton
Orville Vernon Burton is University Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Professor of History and Computer Science at Clemson University, and he is the author or editor of 16 books and more than 200 scholarly articles. His book The Age of Lincoln (2007) won the Chicago Tribune Heartland Literary Award for Nonfiction and was selected for Book of the Month Club, History Book Club, and Military Book Club. Burton's research and teaching interests include the American South, especially race...See more
Orville Vernon Burton is University Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Professor of History and Computer Science at Clemson University, and he is the author or editor of 16 books and more than 200 scholarly articles. His book The Age of Lincoln (2007) won the Chicago Tribune Heartland Literary Award for Nonfiction and was selected for Book of the Month Club, History Book Club, and Military Book Club. Burton's research and teaching interests include the American South, especially race relations and community, and the intersection of humanities and social sciences. See less