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The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
By Egan, Tim
- ISBN
- 9780544272880 9780544272477
- Publisher
- Houghton Harcourt
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Reviewed on January 1, 2016 | Social Sciences
Egan's biography of Irish revolutionary Thomas Francis Meagher (1823–67) illustrates a singularly Irish-American story. In outlining Meagher's life, Egan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the National Book Award winner The Worst Hard Time, seeks to demonstrate how Meagher's experience was emblematic of Irish immigrants' spirit and resolve. Meagher was born in a well-to-do family in Ireland but w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
