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7 reviews
Terry Golway

Basic Books, 2002

Double Buffs delight
Loved it! Been looking for something like it ever since. I recommend it to my "reader" friends often. As a New York City history buff I found it to be readable and enlightening. And as a fire buff, since 9/11 I can't get enough of this stuff, I found it to be well-researched and thorough. I knew what I was getting into when I read the jacket. Golway's firefighting roots make him a fan of The ...

Fellow Citizens: The Penguin Book of U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses (Penguin Classics)

1 review

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008

student of political history
As a collection of speeches, this is a great little book. But the factual errors in the introductions are a disappointing surprise, in light of the qualifications and background of the author. For example, George Washington's Farewell Address was never delivered as a speech. It was simply published in the newspapers. This book suggests that it was a speech. There are numerous small errors of ...

Washington's General: Nathanael Greene and the Triumph of the American Revolution

27 reviews
Terry Golway

Holt Paperbacks, 2006

"We fight, get beat, rise and fight again"
easily one of the most underrated generals in american history...terry golway gives greene the recognition and appreciation greene was looking for...if you love reading about the revolution, this is the book for you...easy and vivid read that traces greenes accomplishments and even his weaknesses throughout life...you will not be disappointed.

So Others Might Live: A History of New York's Bravest--The FDNY from 1700 to the Present
Terry Golway

Basic Books, 2002

Catholics in New York: Society, Culture, and Politics, 1808-1946

Copublished with the Museum of the City of New York, 2008

This lavishly illustrated book chronicles the history, growth, and extraordinary legacy of New York?s largest Christian denomination.Co-published with the Museum of the City of New York as a companion to its exhibition on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the Archdiocese of New York, this book brings together rare images and original essays to explore the key dimensions of the Catholic experience in New York.Here is a ...

Let Every Nation Know with Audio CD

8 reviews
Robert Dallek, Terry Golway

Sourcebooks MediaFusion, 2006

Let Every Nation Know. JFK in his own words.
A must have book for all age groups interested in the life and times of JFK. To hear the actual speeches of JFK on CD are inspirational and even in this day and age very moving. The book and CD transported me back to that era even though I was 8 at the time and brought back many memories. An excellent book.Highly recommended.

Ronald Reagan's America with CD: His Voice, His Dreams, and His Vision of Tomorrow
Terry Golway

Sourcebooks MediaFusion, 2008

Ronald Reagan, "The Great Communicator," knew the power of words. His voice confronted America's foes, comforted the nation, and hastened the end of the Cold War. Ronald Reagan's America presents the history of the Reagan years told through his memorable speeches during the defining events of the era. Reagan's unshakable belief in the power of democracy against totalitarianism and of freedom against oppression shaped our world today. His ideas ...

John Devoy's Catalpa Expedition (Ireland House)

1 review
Philip Fennell, Marie King, ...

NYU Press, 2008

Indispensable prime source material published
The story of the Catalpa Rescue has been written about before. Over the years most books and articles on the famous rescue of the six Fenian military prisoners from Fremantle prison in Australia were pulp fiction style stories with the omissions and errors usually found in this genre. This includes the recent Peter Stevens' book "The Voyage of the Catalpa" and, the book Stevens got much of his ...

No Greater Sacrifice, No Greater Love: A Son's Journey to Normandy

8 reviews
Carter Wf, Walter Ford Carter, ...

Smithsonian, 2004

The Eternal Sadness of the burdened heart
Military history focuses on battles and campaigns in linear time stopping and starting around the time of the war. WW2 Memoirs cover in greater detail the lives of the particpants usually before and during the war but usually stop there or only give a brief postscript. This work is unusual because the author tells you up front the basic story and then unfolds it from there. The knowledge of ...

The IRISH IN AMERICA: A History (Pbs Documentary Series)

2 reviews
Roy Disney, Pete Hamill, ...

Simon & Schuster Audio, 1998

Famous Irish offer engrossing overview of culture in USA
Coffey and Golway give a wonderful overview of the experiences of Irish men and women in the United States. Coming to the U.S. as a result of political an religious oppression, as well as a result of the potato blight in the mid-19th century, the Irish worked hard to gain respectablity and political voices as American citizens. In many cases, especially in the early 20th Century, to be Irish was ...

Catholics in New York
Terry (EDT) Golway

Fordham Univ Pr, 2008

Full of Grace: An Oral Biography of John Cardinal O'Connor

2 reviews
Terry Golway

Atria, 2007

Enduring devotion has made me biased
I am admittedly a very devoted friend of the late Cardinal. I miss him greatly as a former regular Mass-goer at St. Patrick's Cathedral in the late 90's. I miss him still more as my old guardian angel who did more than one favor for a skinny little kid from Brooklyn, without recompense. Nor did he seek it, except for my soul, and the hope that I would always love Jesus. So if you ever admired ...

Irish Rebel: John Devoy and America's Fight for Ireland's Freedom

1 review
Terry Golway

St. Martin's Griffin, 1988

A Classic
Hello, world! Does anyone out there happen to realize that this is one of the best books EVER written about Irish-American history? Devoy's life is a great story--essential to any understanding of modern Irish history and any true appreciation of the complex fabric of immigrant history in the U.S. Golway performs the rarest of tricks in this book: he combines first-rate historical scholarship ...

For the Cause of Liberty: A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes

13 reviews
Terry Golway

Simon & Schuster, 2001

How little I knew of Irish struggle
I'm part Irish-American and I knew some about the conflicts between the British and the Irish. After reading For the Cause of Liberty, I now realize how little I knew. The book provided an excellent history of the Irish struggle. The information on the Irish heroes (both Protestant and Catholic) who fought the British was very readable. I never knew that the French had a hand (or tried to) in ...

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