John Aloysius Farrell

John performed on stage for Seriously Entertaining at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater on May 10, 2017, speaking on the evening’s theme, “All Together Now.”

John Aloysius Farrell is the author of Richard Nixon: The Life. His previous books are Clarence Darrow: Attorney For The Damned and Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century, and his newest book is Ted Kennedy: A Life. He spent many years as a prize-winning newspaperman, most notably at The Denver Post and The Boston Globe, where he worked as White House correspondent and served on the vaunted Spotlight team, and he is currently a contributing editor to Politico Magazine.

In his own words: “My biggest dream for this book is I want to see it sticking out of millennials’ backpacks.”

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