About the author
Brian Schofield’s travel writing and journalism have appeared in The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, GQ, The New Statesman and Condé Nast Traveller. In 2003 he won the Visit USA award for best British travel writer covering North America. His first book, Selling Your Father’s Bones, was published in Britain, France and the USA, and was shortlisted for the 2008 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for the best work of literature by a United Kingdom or Commonwealth author under thirty-five. He teaches History and English at Hurstpierpoint College, Sussex, and lives with his wife, Harriet, and their two sons, Theo and Thomas.
Praise for Brian Schofield’s writing:
‘His research has a modern, passionate eye for personal stories,’ Bronwen Maddox, THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR
‘He listens carefully to Native voices and emphasises their resilience then and now,’ THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
‘A quiet fury burns through his careful prose,’ Giles Whitell, THE TIMES
‘A compelling historical travelogue that’s told in fine, expressive prose,’ Piers Moore Ede, TRAVELLER MAGAZINE
‘A beautifully written account,’ Chris Hannan, SCOTTISH HERALD
‘Schofield’s book, which is admirably ambitious in scope, could well turn out to be a future classic,’ GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE