First and foremost, I’d like to thank Caitlyn Dlouhy, as usual, as always, with love. What a thrill to have your name on the cover of this book! Thanks to Jessica Sit, who is so, so talented and so very kind, and thanks to Justin Chanda, whom I feel lucky to know and have on my side. Thanks to Clare McGlade, copyeditor extraordinaire, and to Sonia Chaghatzbanian for yet another beautifully designed book. I’m grateful for the many fine resources that informed the writing of Trouble the Water, including The Hidden Wound by Wendell Berry, Front Line of Freedom: African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley by Keith Griffler, and Community Memories: A Glimpse of African American Life in Frankfort, Kentucky edited by Winona L. Fletcher.
Finally, thanks to my family—Clifton, Jack, and Will; and thanks to my boon companion, Travis, because there’s nothing better in this world than a dog.