DAYTON DUNCAN, writer and producer of
Country Music, is the author of twelve other books, including
Out West: An American Journey Along the Lewis and Clark Trail, in which he retraced the historic route of the expedition. He has worked with Ken Burns as a writer and producer of documentary films for nearly thirty years.
KEN BURNS, the producer and director of numerous film series, including
Vietnam, The Roosevelts, and
The War, founded his own documentary film company, Florentine Films, in 1976. His landmark film
The Civil War was the highest-rated series in the history of American public television, and his work has won numerous prizes, including the Emmy and Peabody Awards, and two Academy Award nominations. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire.