An Irish voice
By: Niall O'Dowd
Publisher: O'Brien; O'Brien Press, Limited, The
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847172204; 9781847172235
Subjects: Journalists; Biography; Irish Americans; Irish; Social conditions; Autobiography: historical, political & military; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Military; Political; Historical
Description: How a typical Irish emigrant rose to a position of influence at the highest levels of US and Irish politics.
Table of contents: title: Title Page; Chapter 1; title: Inside Obama's White House; Chapter 2; title: A Soldier in Hillary's Losing Battle; Chapter 3; title: The Wisdom of Bill; Chapter 4; title: How Hillary Earned her Spurs; Chapter 5; title: My Father's Dream; Chapter 6; title: California Here I Come; Chapter 7; title: San Francisco Dreaming; Chapter 8; title: The City of Broad Shoulders; Chapter 9; title: The Leavetaking; Chapter 10; title: Not So Welcome to America; Chapter 11; title: Trying to Fit In; Chapter 12; title: Building SIte Blues; Chapter 13; title: Animal House and Falling in Love; Chapter 14; title: Go West Young Man; Chapter 15; title: A Death in the Family; Chapter 16; title: Return to America.; title: Chapter 17; title: Starting a NewspaperChapter 18; title: Publisher and Chief Bottlewasher; Chapter 19; title: Irish 1, Moonies 0; Chapter 20; title: Farewell to Jennie; Chapter 21; title: Friends or Lovers; Chapter 22; title: A Political Awakening; Chapter 23; title: Tough Times in San Francisco; Chapter 24; title: A Texan Friend in Need; Chapter 25; title: Go East Young Man; Chapter 26; title: Into the Darkness; Chapter 27; title: A Man of Two Countries; Chapter 28; title: The Irish Voice; Chapter 29; title: Tackling the Northern Question; Chapter 30; title: Getting Bill Clinton On Board; Chapter 31; title: Clinton Wins the White House; Chapter 32; title: Setting the Scene.; title: Chapter 33; title: Gathering PaceChapter 34; title: Completing the A-Team; Chapter 35; title: Ready To Go; Chapter 36; title: A Dangerous Journey; Chapter 37; title: Into The Cauldron; Chapter 38; title: Prelude to a Visa; Chapter 39; title: The Visa Battle; Chapter 40; title: The San Diego Incident; Chapter 41; title: The Media Go Wild; Chapter 42; title: Adams Arrives; Chapter 43; title: A Rock Star Reception; Chapter 44; title: Tough Words at the White House; Chapter 45; title: Waiting for the Ceasefire; Chapter 46; title: IRA Breakdown; Chapter 47; title: 9/11 and the Aftermath; Chapter 48; title: Battling for the Undocumented Irish; Chapter 49; title: Irish Central Launches.; title: About the AuthorDedication and acknowledgements; Copyright information.