Recommended Neil Sheehan worked as a reporter for The New York Times before winning a 1989 Pulitzer and a National Book Award for A Bright Shining Lie, his seminal work about the Vietnam War and Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann. The book, recently re-released, was widely regarded as grand and unforgettable, and Sheehan does not disappoint in this September’s new epic, A Fiery … [Read more...] about Review of Books
December January 2010 Issue
The Moran Clan Reunites in Brooklyn
By Marian Betancourt, ContributorDecember / January 2010
They came from as far as Luxembourg and as near as a few blocks for a reunion and bus tour of the Brooklyn neighborhoods where their ancestors had lived, beginning with 107 Pioneer Street (now Warren Street) in Red Hook where Michael Moran (1834-1906) lived when he founded Moran Towing in New York harbor more than 150 years ago. Everyone received a lapel sticker with the family … [Read more...] about The Moran Clan Reunites in Brooklyn