Langguth, A. J.

A. J. Langguth (1933 2014) was the author of eight books of nonfiction and three novels. "After Lincoln"marks his fourth book in a series that began in 1988 with "Patriots: The Men Who Started the American Revolution". He served as a Saigon bureau chief for the "New York Times", after covering the Civil Rights movement for the newspaper. Langguth taught for three decades at the University of Southern California and retired in 2003 as emeritus professor in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.