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Howard Means is a former senior editor at Washingtonian. He is the author or co-author of eleven books, including, most recently, 67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence and Splash! 10,000 Years of Swimming. He and his wife, Candy, live in Millwood, Virginia, in the Northern Shenandoah Valley.
Praise for Books by Howard Means ""Finally, the cliché is peeled away, and the essence of this utterly American character is so revealing. John Chapman comes alive here, and it is a thrilling experience to escape the specific gravity of the decades of myth."" -Ken Burns, writing about Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story ""In Howard Means's fine hands, we discern how the terrible events at Kent State unfolded - relentlessly, ineluctably - like a Greek tragedy."" -Hampton Sides, author of Kingdom of Ice, writing about 67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence ""In this gracefully written and well-informed narrative, Howard Means supplies a critical missing piece in the making of the United States.... Anyone curious about how this country came to represent the best and worst of human nature will find surprising revelations in this book."" -Noah Andre Trudeau, author of Out of the Storm, writing about The Avenger Takes His Place: Andrew Johnson and the 45 Days That Changed the Nation ""An exuberant and sweeping cultural history of the sport and a thoughtful meditation on its possible origins and humankind's relationship to water itself."" -Julie Checkoway, author of The Three-Year Swim Club, writing about Splash! 10,000 Years of Swimming ""Splash! is an incredible book - the most amazing stories of anything and everything you wanted to know about the world and culture of swimming and its history. I loved every page."" -Rowdy Gaines, three-time Olympic gold medalist
