While Michael Collins has been much credited for his role in the fight for Irish self-rule, Devoy's prior work to establish political connections and raise money was crucial to the eventual success of the Fenian cause. Golway's next project was a biography of John Devoy, an Irish patriot who came to the United States in 1871 to drum up support for the Irish Republican cause. A Publishers Weekly reviewer hailed it as a 'beautiful emerald tapestry that celebrates Irish achievement and success, but remembers those who made the crossing for the want of a potato.' The Irish in America was a popular and critically respected book, and it became the companion volume to the similarly titled PBS documentary series. He also worked with editor Coffey to help select other passages for inclusion in the book. Hunt called the book's 'heartbeat and skeleton'-describing the Great Famine of the 1850s and the experience of Irish immigrants who came to America aboard 'coffin ships' filled with infectious diseases.

Golway wrote the book's historical narrative-what America reviewer George W. A compilation of poems, songs, photographs, historical text, and short essays by such notable writers as Frank McCourt, Mary Higgins Clark, James Carroll, Thomas Flanagan, and Peggy Noonan, the work was commissioned by the publisher Hyperion as a companion volume to the Disney film of the same name. SIDELIGHTS: Journalist Terry Golway teamed up with editor Michael Coffey for his first book, The Irish in America. Washington's General: Nathanael Greene and the Triumph of the American Revolution, Holt (New York, NY), 2005.Ĭontributor to periodicals, including Irish Echo, American Heritage, Boston Globe, and New York Times.

So Others Might Live: A History of New York's Bravest: The FDNY from 1700 to the Present, Basic Books (New York, NY), 2002. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1998.įor the Cause of Liberty: A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2000.įull of Grace: An Oral Biography of John Cardinal O'Connor, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 2001. Irish Rebel: John Devoy and American's Fight for Ireland's Freedom, St. The Irish in America, edited by Michael Coffey, Hyperion (New York, NY), 1997. Office- New York Observer, 915 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10010.ĬAREER: New York Observer, New York, NY, columnist and city editor.

Washington's General by Terry Golway