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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 .

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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] As of March 2013 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. [8]

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References

  1. "Early Census Is Found in a New Jersey University's Files". The New York Times. May 19, 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. Golway, Terry (March 5, 2001). "For the Cause of Liberty: A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved September 19, 2016 via Amazon.com.
  3. Bosman, Julie. "Eras Collide: Kennedy on iPad". mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
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