Central Virginia Community College
CVCC Announces the Publication of R. Matthew Poteats Book, Henry Toole Clark
Lynchburg, VA /Media Release/5/05/09 R. Matthew Poteat, an assistant professor of history at Central Virginia Community College, has written the first in-depth biography of Henry Toole Clark, a governor of North Carolina during the Civil War. The book has just been published by McFarland & Company, Inc, a leading publisher of scholarly and reference books in the United States. The biography explores Clarks position as a member of the planter elite, his role during the war, his slaveholding business, and his career during Reconstruction.
Poteat has written a number of articles and reviews for scholarly journals, including The North Carolina Historical Review and Shenandoah: the Washington and Lee University Review. In 2007, he was awarded the Archie K. Davis Fellowship for his ongoing research on Governor Clark.
The author lives in Staunton, Virginia, with his wife, Katherine Turner, an English professor at Mary Baldwin College.
The book, Henry Toole Clark, is currently available through bookstores and online book sources.
Release Date: 11:00 AM (EST) 05/05/09
Release Number: 090505MattPoteat
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