Drinking with the Democrats

Mark Will-Weber, a seasoned journalist and magazine editor, is the author of multiple books and numerous articles, such as his noted historical feature on the Battle of Antietam. He is the great-grandson of the Civil War general J. K. Robison, who led the Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry during the end-game campaign leading up to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox; and the grandson of Colonel Charles Isiah Faddis, who served in three wars—the Mexican Expedition, World War I, and World War II—was awarded two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star, and served as a United States congressman from 1933 to 1942.

William Hughes is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. A professor of political science at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon, he received his doctorate in American politics from the University of California at Davis. He has done voice-over work for radio and film and is also an accomplished jazz guitarist.