The Immortal Irishman : the Irish revolutionary who became an American hero
by Egan, Timothy (Author)
Summary
"From the National Book Award-winning and best-selling author Timothy Egan comes the epic story of one of the most fascinating and colorful Irishman in nineteenth-century America. The Irish-American story, with all its twists and triumphs, is told through the improbable life of one man. A dashing yo... Full description
- Introduction: Last Day, July 1, 1867
- Part I: To Be Irish in Ireland
- 1. Under the Bootheel
- 2. The Becoming
- 3. Poetry in Action
- 4. Pitchfork Paddies
- 5. The Meanest Beggar in the World
- Part II: To Be Irish in the Penal Colony
- 6. Island of the Damned
- 7. The Traitor of Tasmania
- 8. Flight
- Part III: To Be Irish in America
- 9. Home and Away
- 10. Identity
- 11. The Fever
- 12. War
- 13. First Blood
- 14. The Call, the Fall
- 15. Summer of Slaughter
- 16. Reasons to Live and Die
- 17. The Green and the Blues
- 18. A Brigade No More
- 19. A Second Banishment
- 20. New Ireland
- 21. The Remains of a Life
- 22. River Without End
- 23. Inquest for Ireland.