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with me when I was first getting started.
I’m also indebted to my current employer, the Chatham County Government, particularly my direct
supervisor, Renee Bridges, for letting me take vacation time so that I could finish the draft of this book. I
feel very lucky to be in a very humane and professional work environment—and to be able to work in a
place where I can both learn and teach every day. (Speaking of work environment, Cafe Metropole in
Savannah deserves a big thanks for letting me take up their table real estate for the past months!)
Every journey begins with a single step. I’m glad that my agent, Martha Kaufman Amitay, took the first,
or you wouldn’t be holding this book in your hands. Thanks, Martha!
Finally, I thank Kate Shoup Welsh, Scott Humphries, and Chris Will at Macmillan for their collective
professionalism, sense of humor, and hard work on the editing of this book; the end product was much
enhanced by the efforts of this team!
Jonathan Feldman
October 1998, Savannah, Georgia
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