Robert Dallek, Author, Terry Golway, Author . Sourcebooks/MediaFusion $29.95 (289p) ISBN 978-1-4022-0647-4
After Lincoln, John F. Kennedy is generally acknowledged as our most eloquent president. The words of such major speeches as his inaugural and his remarks at the Berlin Wall resonate still in the minds of Americans. But as this book and CD...
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Terry Golway, Author . Pocket Books $22 (256p) ISBN 978-0-7434-4430-9
At first blush, this appears to be a rather ordinary book of vignettes from the life of a Catholic priest who rose from humble beginnings to the top of his church's hierarchy. The recollections about the late New York Cardinal John O'Connor...
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Terry Golway, Author . Basic $27.50 (336p) ISBN 978-0-465-02740-8
Writing with humor and passion and an understanding of the firefighter's mindset that comes from deep personal experience (his father, father-in-law, godfather and uncles were all firemen), New York Observer
editor-columnist Golway (The Irish...
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Terry Golway, Author . Holt $26 (355p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7066-8
Born into a prosperous Quaker family in Rhode Island, Greene (1742–1786) had no formal education and remained at his family's forge into his 30s, when he abruptly abjured pacifism as the Revolution gathered steam. Through thorough research,
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Terry Golway, Author . Sourcebooks $29.95 (259p) ISBN 978-1-4022-1258-1
Historian Golway (Washington's General
) provides incisive print commentary on 29 classic speeches by Ronald Reagan, ranging from a 1964 television address endorsing Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater to speeches associated with...
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Terry Golway, Author , Sourcebooks MediaFusion $29.99 (306p) ISBN 978-1-4022-1716-6
The United States economy is failing, a war overseas threatens global security, and a president who tells the country “I still believe in ideals” manages to keep hope alive. That president was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Golway (Let Every
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Terry Golway, Author Simon & Schuster $26 (400p) ISBN 978-0-684-85556-1
Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, Golway, an historian (Irish Rebel: John Devoy and America's Fight for Ireland's Freedom, etc.) and political columnist at the New York Observer, offers an essential short course in Irish history, spanning 1,000...
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Terry Golway. Norton/Liveright, $29.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-87140-375-9
New York’s Tammany Hall long symbolized urban corruption and boss politics, satirized memorably by cartoonist Thomas Nast and condemned by WASP “clean” government reformers. An unjust verdict, historian and author Golway (Irish Rebel: John Devoy and
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Terry Golway. St. Martin’s, $29.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-08964-9
Golway, a senior editor at Politico and a former member of the editorial board of the New York Times, explores the relationship and political alliance between future president Franklin Roosevelt, the upper-class patrician, and powerful New York...
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Terry Golway. St. Martin’s, $29 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-28578-2
Fiorello Henry La Guardia (1882-1947) was “one of those rare political figures whose reputation and legacy have stood the test of time,” according to this admiring biography from historian Golway (Machine Made). Born to Italian immigrants in New...
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