About Terry Golway
Born 1955. Terry Golway is an American writer, historian and journalist.
Terry Golway is an American 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.
Career In 2010, Golway discovered a historic early census count predating the creation of the United States at Liberty Hall National Historic Landmark at Kean. He is the author of several books on American and Irish history.
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.
Golway is an occasional op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was once a member of the editorial board. Previously, he spent two decades at The New York Observer.
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
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American writer and historian
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Terry Golway was born on 8 October 1955.
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