Author Jon Meacham To Speak About 2016 Election In Wayne

WAYNE, N.J. — Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham will discuss this year's presidential election at William Paterson University Nov. 4.

Meacham is regular guest on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for his biography "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House." His latest biography, "Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush," debuted at the top spot on The New York Times' best-seller list.

Meacham was managing editor of Newsweek for eight years. He is now a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the executive board of the Society of American Historians.

Meacham's talk will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Shea Center. Tickets cost $25. To purchase tickets, call the box office at 973-720-2371 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. or purchase online at wp-presents.org.

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