Jack Weatherford

Jack Weatherford is an anthropologist and author. He researched Mongolia and its history for more than 25 years. He held the DeWitt Wallace Chair of Anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota. He is best known for the New York Times bestseller *Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World*. His other books include *The Secret History of the Mongol Queens*, *Genghis Khan and the Quest for God*, *Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World*, and *The History of Money*. Weatherford was the only foreign national admitted to the Order of Genghis Khan, Mongolia’s highest national honor.