HEC MEdia: Author Andrew Meier's "Morgenthau"
“In his epic portrait of this American family, journalist Andrew Meier goes back four generations of the Morgenthau family, detailing their influence and power from daily life in New York City to their role in shaping American history. Meier’s “Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and The Rise of an American Dynasty,” is lengthy, but with short chapters and reads like a novel.”
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Victoria Babu, “Author Andrew Meier’s ‘Morgenthau,’” HEC Media, January 4, 2023.
MOMENT: An American dynasty gets its due
“[T]o relate the story of four generations of Morgenthaus, our reviewer Robert Siegel says, ‘is to relate a century and a half of New York City and American history.’ Siegel plunged undeterred into this magisterial thousand-word-plus biography, and you should too.”
“12 Books That Made Us Think,” MOMENT Magazine, December 30, 2022.
‘The Only People They Hit Were Black’: When a Race Riot Roiled New York
Four decades ago, a bat-wielding mob raged through Washington Square Park, leaving dozens injured and one dead. The violence lasted only 10 minutes, but the repercussions persist today.
Andrew Meier, ‘The Only People They Hit Were Black’: When a Race Riot Roiled New York, The New York Times, December 10, 2022. Adapted from Andrew Meier’s book Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty, recently published by Random House.
Wall Street Journal: A consistently hypnotic multigenerational biography
“With the appearance of Andrew Meier’s voluminous and consistently hypnotic multigenerational biography, Morgenthau, it is now possible to delve even deeper into this only-in-America dynasty: its origins in Germany, its fall from, and later return, to wealth and influence, and its scions’ unshakable commitment to public service….
A former Time Magazine correspondent and Russia specialist, Mr. Meier draws the reader into the family’s private and professional lives with verve, a marvelous ear for anecdote and a gift for cherry-picking from his prodigious research….
One would imagine that dignity, selflessness and inexhaustibility can neither endure in a family nor engage a reader for nearly 900 pages. Mr. Meier proves otherwise. And his magisterial book vividly reminds us of the days when immigrants yearned not to preserve ancestral identity but to live the American dream. As Henry Sr. proudly told a group of fellow Jewish elites: “I am the amalgam of what’s been produced by putting a little boy in that [melting] pot and mixing him with a part of yourselves.” The same can be said of all the remarkable Morgenthaus.”
Harold Holzer, “'Morgenthau' Review: The Men in the Arena,” Wall Street Journal, December 9, 2022 [paywall].
Washington Post: A Richly Told Story
“[A] sweeping biography of the venerable family. [Meier] has given the Morgenthaus the magisterial book treatment…. The result is a richly told story of a family he sees as an overlooked American dynasty.”
Andrew Kirtzman, “The extraordinary lives and lasting influence of the Morgenthaus,” Washington Post, December 8, 2022.
FIREWALL: A Legit American Family Dynasty
Can you name a family in America that rivals the Morgenthaus for longevity in wealth and power? Host Bradley Tusk talks to Andrew Meier, author of Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty, about how to get rich, make alliances, call in favors, and stay highly relevant for four generations.
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