“Book collectors are thrill-seekers. It is a vegetarian hunt to be sure, without much exertion or risk, but the endorphin rush of the chase and the adrenaline high of the capture are much the same with first editions as I imagine they must be in the pursuit of 10-point stags, largemouth bass, or 20-foot waves at Maverick's.”

American political journalist

Jacob Weisberg is an American political journalist and editor. He served as editor in chief of The Slate Group, a division of Graham Holdings Company, and later left Slate to co-found Pushkin Industries in 2018 with journalist Malcolm Gladwell. He was also a Newsweek columnist and spent six years as editor of Slate magazine before stepping down in 2008. He is the son of Lois Weisberg, a Chicago social activist and municipal commissioner.