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Amy Butler Greenfield's grandfather and great-grandfather were dyers, and she has long been fascinated by the history of color. Born in Philadelphia, she grew up in the Adirondacks and graduated from Williams College. As a Marshall Scholar at Oxford, she studied imperial Spain and Renaissance Europe. She now lives with her husband near Boston.
"""Delightful, rollicking history . . . A fun read, well-supported by extensive research."" -- Los Angeles Times Book Review ""Fascinating...Greenfield has given us a superbly researched history of cochineal red, full of angles and tangents, curiosities and arcana."" -- Diane Ackerman, Washington Post Book World ""With A PERFECT RED, she does for [red] what Mark Kurlansky in SALT did for that common commodity."" -- Houston Chronicle ""A fascinating story of greed and subterfuge, mixing fashion, folly and ingenuity in equal measure... Written with style and verve."" -- J. H. Elliott, University of Oxford ""A marvelous book... Meticulously researched, this saga will enchant lovers of historical mysteries, fascinating characters, and world economics."" -- Mark Pendergrast, author of UNCOMMON GROUNDS and MIRROR MIRROR ""A gem of accessible history."" -- San Diego Union-Tribune ""[An] intricate history...Greenfield paints a broad historical panorama, never neglecting the intimate, eccentric, and often absurd human details."" -- Boston Globe ""Greenfield does what the best historical authors do--follows the thread of a story through history without missing a stitch."" -- Cleveland Plain Dealer"
Engineers of Human Souls
Four Writers Who Changed Twentieth-Century...
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