Jon Meacham is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning American Lion and an executive editor at Random House, where he also runs The Conversation Online, a site devoted to current affairs and relevant books. Meacham is also an editor-at-large of WNET Public Media, New York’s PBS station, and the former editor ofNewsweek. His next book, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, will be published in November 2012.
The Eagleton Legacy: What History Can Tell Us About Romney’s VP Pick
It was July 1972, and in the Black Hills of South Dakota, two men sat across from each other in Cabin 22 at the Sylvan Lake Lodge near Custer. They were the nominees of the Democratic Party for the presidency and vice-presidency of the United States, and they were players in a drama that would soon force the Number 2 off the ticket, …
