Lawrence N. Powell

An army brat, Larry Powell bounced around between Southern California and Japan, Maryland and Germany, including shorter stints throughout the lower 48, until a job offer brought him from Yale to Tulane University in 1978. He's been in New Orleans ever since. His publications have ranged from the American Civil War and Reconstruction to the Holocaust, even including forays into modern politics. Since Katrina, New Orleans's fraught and consequential history has been commanding his attention.