He is currently working on a book manuscript explaining the interaction of race, region, and Republicanism since the Civil War. The author would like to thank Abby Frantz, Greg Bond, Tony Gaughan, John Cooper, James Baughman, William Cronon, Stanley Schultz, Stephen Kantrowitz, Alexander Shashko, Brett Barker, and Craig Werner, as well as the anonymous reviewer for the Indiana Magazine of History for their help on this article and the larger subject matter.