Far from the Shamrock Shore: The Story of Irish-American Immigration Through Song - Hardcover

Moloney, Mick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0609607200 ISBN 13: 9780609607206

Verlag: Crown Pub, 2002

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An interactive history of Irish immigrants in America offers an entertaining account of the stories, legends, and myths that they brought to America from their Irish homeland, in a volume accompanied by a CD containing eighteen Irish folksongs that capture various aspects of Irish life in America. 25,000 first printing.

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h green hills of their homeland to the cramped ghettoes of industrialized cities an ocean away, from the famine-ravaged fields of Ireland to the community dance halls in America, the Irish documented their history through song.

Far from the Shamrock Shore tells the story of Irish immigration to America in words and lyrics, with an accompanying CD further illustrating the journey through song. The Irish-American folk and popular songs featured complement the text, highlighting issues immigrants faced and the social conditions they experienced from the 1700s to the early twentieth century. They tell of the backbreaking task of survival in the New World; the battles waged for fair treatment and fair pay for the work done by these immigrants on railroads, on canals, and in mines, construction, and factories; the success that they ultimately attained in politics, business, and society; and their continuing influence on American life and culture.

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• Verlag: Crown Pub
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0609607200
• ISBN 13: 9780609607206
• Einband: Tapa dura