Greg Grandin is an American historian, and professor of history at New York University. He is author of a number of books, including Fordl�ndia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford?s Forgotten Jungle City, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History, as well as for the National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award. A more recent book is entitled Who Is Rigoberta Mench�? and focuses on the treatment of the Nobel Peace Prize winner in the media. Fordlandia was named a best book of the year by The New York Times, The New Yorker; NPR; The Boston Globe; San Francisco Chronicle; and the Chicago Tribune. 

January 1st, 1963 in Brooklyn (Age 61)