John Lyman Mason Author

Michael Nelson is Fulmer Professor of Political Science at Rhodes College, in Memphis, Tennessee. A former editor of the Washington Monthly, he has published twenty-two books, including The American Presidency: Origins and Development, 1776--2007 and Presidents, Politics, and Policy. More than fifty of his magazine and journal articles have been reprinted in anthologies of political science, history, sports, and English composition.

John Lyman Mason is former assistant professor of political science at Rhodes College and presently Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Central Area, for Pulte Homes. He and Nelson are the coauthors of Governing Gambling: Politics and Policy in State, Tribe, and Nation.