Terry Golway is an American historian, author, and a journalist, having served as a columnist and editorial board member for ''

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'' and a long-time editor and writer at ''

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''.

Career

In 2010, Golway discovered a historic early census count predating the creation of the United States at Liberty Hall

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at Kean. He is the author of several books on American and Irish history. Golway's book on

John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the first Roman Catholic and youngest person elected p ...

, ''JFK: Day by Day'', was made into an

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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 ''

''. he still writes periodic pieces for the “pink paper of lore” (''The New York Observer''); he served as a political reporter, city editor and columnist for that paper in earlier years.

Books authored

*''JFK: Day by Day: A Chronicle of the 1,036 Days of

'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:

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and the Creation of Modern American Politics'' *''Frank and Al: FDR,

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, and the Unlikely Alliance That Created the Modern Democratic Party''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Golway, Terry Living people 21st-century American historians Kean University faculty The New York Observer people The New York Times columnists Rutgers University alumni American male non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) Historians from New York (state)