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Terry Golway is a historian, author, and a journalist, having served as a columnist and editorial board member for The New York Times and a long-time editor and writer at The New York Observer.

In 2010 Golway discovered a historic early census count predating the creation of the United States at Liberty Hall National Historic Landmark at Kean.[1] He is the author of several books on American and Irish history.[2] Golway's book on John F. Kennedy, JFK: Day by Day, was made into an iPad app to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's inauguration.[3]

Golway is an occasional op-ed columnist for The New York Times,[4][5] where he was once a member of the editorial board.[6][7] Previously, he spent two decades at The New York Observer.[7] He served as a political reporter, city editor and columnist for the Pink paper, for which he still writes the periodic piece.[8]

Books authored

  • JFK: Day by Day: A Chronicle of the 1,036 Days of John F. Kennedy's Presidency
  • Washington's General: Nathanael Greene and the Triumph of the American Revolution
  • Give 'Em Hell: The Tumultuous Years of Harry Truman's Presidency, in His Own Words
  • Ronald Reagan's America: His Voice, His Dreams, and His Vision of Tomorrow
  • So Others Might Live: A History of New York's Bravest
  • Together We Cannot Fail: FDR and the American Presidency in Years of Crisis
  • Irish Rebel: John Devoy and America's Fight for Ireland's Freedom
  • Full of Grace: An Oral Biography of John Cardinal O'Connor
  • For the Cause of Liberty: A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes
  • Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics
  • Frank and Al: FDR, Al Smith, and the Unlikely Alliance That Created the Modern Democratic Party

References

  1. ^ "Early Census Is Found in a New Jersey University's Files". The New York Times. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ Golway, Terry (5 March 2001). "For the Cause of Liberty: A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 19 September 2016 – via Amazon.com.
  3. ^ Bosman, Julie. "Eras Collide: Kennedy on iPad". mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Terry Golway | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  5. ^ Finnerty, Amy (2014-03-14). "N.Y.C. History". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  6. ^ "Terry Golway | POLITICO Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  7. ^ a b Golway, Terry. "Terry Golway". Politico PRO. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  8. ^ "My Love Affair With The New York Observer". Observer. 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
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