Chris Benfey is the author of five books about the American Gilded Age including The Great Wave and A Summer of Hummingbirds. A professor emeritus from Mount Holyoke, he writes for The New York Review of Books, Raritan, and other journals.
Chris Benfey is the author of five books about the American Gilded Age including The Great Wave and A Summer of Hummingbirds. A professor emeritus from Mount Holyoke, he writes for The New York Review of Books, Raritan, and other journals.