Wesleyan Connection: Q&A With Andrew Meier ’85, Author of “Morgenthau”
“What is it about the process of ‘chasing ghosts’ that animates you as a writer and as a journalist?
I think part of it is, going back to when I was a young kid, playing detective and trying to find the clues to piece together what really happened from just shards of evidence. Something is broken or something is missing. As a researcher you begin to see the places where (something is missing), whether it’s in an archival trail or in an interview. What does it mean? I take that as a starting point to challenge the story, interrogate documents, and read between what’s left out.”
Steve Scarpa, “Q&A With Andrew Meier ’85, Author of ‘Morgenthau,’” Wesleyan Connection, February 1, 2023.
The Jerusalem Post: The story of New York City royalty
“In Morgenthau, journalist Andrew Meier draws on exclusive access to family archives to provide a magisterial, informative, engrossing, largely laudatory chronicle of an American dynasty.”
Glenn C. Altschuler, “'Morgenthau': The story of New York City royalty - review,” The Jerusalem Post, January 21, 2023.
The Times of Israel: Interview
“Much of Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty is a New York-based story. The Morgenthaus were, after all, ‘New Yorkers to the core,’ as Meier puts it.
But the author also stresses how the family, over several generations, continued to lend its enormous power and privilege towards worthy — and sometimes unpopular — causes that looked beyond their native city, which they believed would ultimately create lasting historical change in the sphere of national and international politics.”
JP O’Malley, “How the ‘Jewish Kennedys’ helped save 200,000 Jews in WWII and delayed Iranian nukes,” The Times of Israel, January 21, 2023.
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.”
Victoria Babu hosts Andrew on the Left Bank Books Favorite Author Series.
Victoria Babu, “Author Andrew Meier’s ‘Morgenthau,’” HEC Media, January 4, 2023.
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.
Every other week, Bradley Tusk talks with the most influential investors, policy makers and entrepreneurs about the latest trends in the venture space, tech world and political arena. He brings listeners inside the room where entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers, strategists and journalists reveal what's really on their minds.
Deadline NYC: Tales of New York From a Veteran Reporter
Hosted by veteran reporter Tom Robbins.
Talking with reporter and author Andrew Meier about his new epic biography: Morgenthau: Power, Privilege and the Rise of an American Dynasty.
For the past forty years, Tom Robbins has been writing about New York, with stints as reporter and columnist at the Village Voice, the Daily News, New York Observer and City Limits. He is investigative journalist in residence at CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and has written for The New Yorker.com, the New York Times, Time Magazine and others.