Wilber W. Caldwell is the author of several books of social commentary that look at American society through various lenses including history, architecture, food and philosophy. He has published three books with Algora Publishing, 1968: Dreams of Revolution in 2009 and American Narcissism: The Myth of National Superiority in 2007. Earlier titles include The Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair, a study of railroad expansion and its effect on public architecture in the rural South 1833-1910; Searching for the Dixie Barbecue: Journeys into the Southern Psyche, a humorous look at the world of barbecue and contemporary rural Southern culture; and Cynicism and the American Dream. A photographer and musician as well as a writer, he lives in the mountains of northern Georgia.