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The Irish in America | The Irish in America

michele-p-barker's picture
May.03.2008
A debut historical novel about the friendship that grows between two young indentured servants--one of them Irish--as they struggle to overcome their tyrannical master and win their freedom in nineteenth-century New England. It's 1839. Nine-year-old Ethan doesn't want to work for Mr. Lyman, the...
terence-clarke's picture
Dec.21.2007
My Father In The Night tells the story of three generations of men living in the North Beach section of San Francisco in an Irish-American family. Eleven year-old Pearse, his father Joe and his grandfather MJ all live apart from each other emotionally, and the ways they approach each other are...