The Amazing Race

The Artist After a 35 year career in the preservation field, conserving rare library materials at prestigious educational institutions in the mid-Atlantic region, Martha Edgerton transitioned from being a certified book and paper conservator to being the creator of the traveling exhibition entitled "The Amazing Race: The Atlantic Slave Trade through the Pages of Book Art." This catalog does not show every object in the exhibit and is not expected to provide the full experience of seeing the objects in person. However Edgerton hopes that it will serve as a momento for those who have seen it and as an invitation to those who have yet to see it. It can also be used as a teaching tool for discussion of this important aspect of American history as well as the craft of book art.