Pepperdine Voice Magazine
Summer 2008
Pulitzer Prize-Winner Ed Larson Releases New Book
In his newest book, A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign, Pepperdine law professor and Pulitzer Prize-winner Ed Larson tells the story of the closest-ever presidential election, which pushed democracy in the United States to its limit and transformed American politics forever.
The book recounts how the rivalry and vitriol between the Federalists and the Republicans in the emergence of the 19th century surpassed the competitive nature of even today's political climate. The election of 1800 ushered in the party system, drawing the lines of partisan battle that would reshape politics, while also preserving the institution of democracy. In his account, Larson tells the story of this epic election battle that was so influential to the future of American democracy that Thomas Jefferson deemed it "the second American revolution."
Joy Keiko Asamen
Professor of Psychology, Graduate School of Education and Psychology
The SAGE Handbook of Child Development, Multiculturalism, and Media
Editor, with Mesha Ellis and Gordon Berry
Sage Publications, 2008
Thema Bryant-Davis
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Thriving in the Wake of Trauma: A Multicultural Guide
AltaMira Press, 2008
Cyndia Clegg
Distinguished Professor of English, Seaver College
Press Censorship in Caroline England
Cambridge University Press, 2008
John Struloeff
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, Seaver College
The Man I Was Supposed to Be
Loom Press, 2008
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