David B. Parker

David B. Parker is professor of history at Kennesaw State University, where he teaches courses on, among other things, Georgia history and American religion. He has written on columnist Bill Arp, evangelist Sam Jones, novelist Marian McCamy Sims, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," the American carpet industry, the history of the word "y'all," and the presidential oath of office, among other topics. He edited, with John D. Fowler, Breaking the Heartland: The Civil War in Georgia (2011).