First Americans: A History of Native Peoples, Combined Volume
Kenneth Townsendearned his Ph.D. in American History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1991, two years after joining the faculty of the Department of History at Coastal Carolina University in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Townsend now serves as chair of the Department of History. He is the author ofWorld War II and the American Indian(2000),South Carolina(2008) and varied articles, and he is revising a book-length manuscript addressing the World War II home front in the Southeastern United States. In summer 2006 Townsend embedded with U.S. Army units in Kabul and Kandahar, Afghanistan and is nowcompleting a project titled “Shadows of War” that examines the personal imprint of war on soldiers and their families.  Mark A. Nicholasreceived his PhD from Lehigh University in 2006, and teaches at Florida Atlantic University.  With Joel W. Martin, he editedNative Americans, Christianity, and the Reshaping of theAmerican Religious Landscape(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010). He has several ongoing projects, including a book about the Seneca Indians for Michigan State University. Press and a book about the Shawnees in Kansas for University of Arizona Press.