John Aloysius Farrell is an American author and historian. He has written biographies of U.S. President Richard Nixon, Senator Ted Kennedy, House Speaker Thomas “Tip” O’Neill, and defense attorney Clarence Darrow. He is a former White House correspondent and Washington editor for The Boston Globe and a former Washington bureau chief and columnist for The Denver Post.
Books in order of publication:
Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century – 2001
Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned – 2011
Richard Nixon: The Life – 2017
Ted Kennedy: A Life – 2022
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