Real Lace (Irish Studies) - Softcover

Birmingham, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815605099 ISBN 13: 9780815605096

Verlag: Syracuse University Press, 1997

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Book by Birmingham Stephen

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Reseña del editor:

The Irish-Catholic dynasties of America, the Kennedys, the Cuddihys, Buckleys and Bradys all fled the Irish potato famine, arriving penniless in the slums of New York and Boston. This is their social history, the story of their rise from desperate poverty to fame and fortune.

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Stephen Birmingham turns his eye to the great Irish-Catholic dynasties of America - violent, colorful, charming and charmed: the Kennedys, the Cuddihys, Buckleys and Bradys, and the California "Silver Kings", the Floods, Fairs, Mackays and O'Briens. Many of these families started with every disadvantage; fleeing from the great Irish potato famine, they arrived penniless in the slums of New York and Boston. But from desperate poverty and degradation they rose to fame and fortune, fueled by a powerful combination of driving energy, native wit, strong religion, stronger drink, and, of course, the luck of the Irish. Remarkable characters, warring families, and fluctuating fortunes - out of this rich material Birmingham has fashioned an extraordinary social history.

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• Verlag: Syracuse University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0815605099
• ISBN 13: 9780815605096
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336