Meet the Authors

J. Kent Calder

J. Kent Calder has worked in scholarly and educational publishing for many years. In 2022, he retired as editorial director at the University of Oklahoma Press in Norman, Oklahoma.

He lives in Corpus Christi, Texas, and works as a freelancer and publishing consultant.

Thomas A. Mason

Thomas A. Mason is an historian, educator, and author. As an adjunct lecturer at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis and at Butler University, he teaches courses on British history, American history, and Western civilization.

At the Indiana Historical Society (vice president, Indiana Historical Society Press, 2002–6; vice president, publications, 2001–2; director of publications, 1987–2001), he oversaw a publishing program of books (including the acquisition and publication of more than eighty titles), periodicals, documentary editions, and musical recordings.