Quote of the day
After all my years of playing soldiers, and then of reading History, I have almost a mania to be in the East, to see fighting, and to serve.
John Egerton

Born: June 14, 1935
Died: November 21, 2013 (aged 78)
Bio: John Egerton was an American journalist and author known for his writing on the Civil Rights movement, Southern food, history of the South, and Southern culture.
Known for:
- Generations: An American Family (1983)
- Southern Food (1987)






