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 this Contributor

“A Total Eclipse Of The Sonny” | October 2006

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

Brooklyn Rising | August/September 2005

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

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

Hungry? | August/September 2005

Five Brooklyn classics will take care of that Read >>

A Life In The Loser’s Dressing Room | August/September 2004

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 >>

Sports Tradition | September 2001

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The Fire Last Time | November/December 2001

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

Musical Tradition | May/June 2000

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My Favorite Convention | July/August 2000

Carter, Kennedy, and Me Read >>

Journalistic Trend | May/June 1999

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A Sporting Life | October 1999

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 >>

Chaplain Kidder’s Song | May/June 1994

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

1868 One Hundred And Twenty-five Years Ago | May/June 1993

Newsies Read >>

The Time Machine | May/June 1993

His Truth Goes Marching On Read >>

1893 One Hundred Years Ago | May/June 1993

She Thumped Her Last Read >>

1918 Seventy-five Years Ago | May/June 1993

Yanks Make Good Read >>

1968 Twenty-five Years Ago | May/June 1993

“On to Chicago” Read >>