John T. Cunningham
He worked briefly for the Morristown Record, to which he had been contributing local interest articles since high school, and in 1939 was hired by the Newark News.[1] Cunningham began his writing about history while working at the Newark News, where, around 1947, he was assigned a column called "Let's Explore."We approach things with an open mind, while historians tend to take a subject and find the material to prove their point."[2] The New York Times said that while Cunningham's books are not considered academic works since illustrations are common and footnotes are rare, they are concise, energetic and well regarded among their genre.[2] In the 1970s, he and his wife founded Afton Publishing, and he helped establish the New Jersey Historical Commission.