Nine Irish lives
Subtitle: the thinkers, fighters & artists who helped build America
By: edited by Mark Bailey ; illustrations by Edward Hemingway
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781616205171
Subjects: Irish Americans; Irish; Biography
Description: "The lives of nine Irish immigrants as told by nine contemporary Irish Americans"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The revolutionary: Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827)  -- by Tom Hayden; title: The caretaker: Margaret Haughery (1813-1882)  -- by Rosie O'Donnell; title: The organizer: Mary "Mother" Jones (1837-1930)  -- by Terry Golway; title: The soldier: Albert D.J. Cashier (1843-1915)  -- by Jill McDonough; title: The muckraker: Samuel S. McClure (1857-1949)  -- by Michael Moore; title: The father: Father Edward J. Flanagan (1886-1948)  -- by Mark K. Shriver; title: The director: Rex Ingram (1893-1950)  -- by Pierce Brosnan; title: The author: Maeve Brennan (1917-1993)  -- by Kathleen Hill; title: The peacemaker: Niall O'Dowd (1953- ) -- by Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan.