Nathan Ward

Nathan Ward is an author and journalist who served as an editor at American Heritage. In 2010 Ward published Dark Harbor: The War for the New York Waterfront. Ward frequently writes for The New York Times, and he lives in Brooklyn.

Articles by Nathan Ward

“A Total Eclipse Of The Sonny”, October 2006 | Vol. 57, No. 5

One of the half-dozen most famous Americans of the twentieth century steps into full daylight Read >>

Hungry?, August/September 2005 | Vol. 56, No. 4

Five Brooklyn classics will take care of that Read >>

Brooklyn Rising, August/September 2005 | Vol. 56, No. 4

The City of Churches and Henry Ward Beecher, of Walt Whitman, Coney Island, and a famously departed baseball team is ready for its next act—as a world-class tourist destination Read >>

A Life On The Waterfront, August/September 2005 | Vol. 56, No. 4

There’s no place like home—especially if it’s an ancient railway barge Read >>

A Life In The Loser’s Dressing Room, August/September 2004 | Vol. 55, No. 4

A talk with the superb journalist and sports report who was the co-author of MASH and wrote Ernest Hemingway’s favorite fight novel Read >>

The Fire Last Time, November/December 2001 | Vol. 52, No. 8

When terrorists first struck New York’s financial district Read >>

Sports Tradition, September 2001 | Vol. 52, No. 6

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My Favorite Convention, July/August 2000 | Vol. 51, No. 4

Carter, Kennedy, and Me Read >>

Musical Tradition, May/June 2000 | Vol. 51, No. 3

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A Sporting Life, October 1999 | Vol. 50, No. 6

The author of America’s best-loved baseball book speaks of his days as a reporter, of his time (unique among sportswriters) owning a team, and of his latest subject, Jack Dempsey, whose violent career he uses to illuminate an era Read >>

Journalistic Trend, May/June 1999 | Vol. 50, No. 3

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Chaplain Kidder’s Song, May/June 1994 | Vol. 45, No. 3

A D-DAY VETERAN’S GRANDSON ATTEMPTS TO FIND THE ANSWER TO THAT MOST IMPENETRABLE QUESTION: WHAT WAS IT LIKE? Read >>

Time Machine, November 1993 | Vol. 44, No. 7

Nixon Redux; Fighting Shirley Read >>

Time Machine, November 1993 | Vol. 44, No. 7

Birth of the Yale Woman Read >>

1868 One Hundred And Twenty-five Years Ago, November 1993 | Vol. 44, No. 7

Red Cloud’s Deal Read >>

An Early Armistice, November 1993 | Vol. 44, No. 7

The greatest war in history came to an end on November 11, but not without a final cruel twist. Read >>