Professor Burstein has worked as a historical consultant and has appeared in films, including the Ken Burns production Thomas Jefferson, which first aired on PBS in 1997. He is seen on C-SPAN often: as part of the American Presidents Series (broadcasting from Jefferson's Monticello) in 1999; in a "Booknotes" interview with Brian Lamb discussing America's Jubilee (April 15, 2001); and on other occasions discussing his books. The Passions of Andrew Jackson was a main selection of the History Book Club (January 2003); and Sentimental Democracy was featured in a commentary in the pages of U.S. News and World Report (May 24, 1999). He is currently writing a book on the political partnership of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson for Random House, in collaboration with Nancy Isenberg.
Author, Historian
ANDREW BURSTEIN is the Charles Phelps Manship Professor of History at Louisiana State University, specializing in early American politics and culture. He is the author of six books, as well as the monograph, Letters from the Head and Heart: Writings of Thomas Jefferson. With Nancy Isenberg, he co-edited Mortal Remains: Death in Early America. He is editor of the Southern Biography series for LSU Press, and regularly reviews books for the Baton Rouge Advocate.
