In the height of Ireland's potato famine in the mid-19th century, more than a million Irish people traded in what little they had to board coffin-ships, hoping to find a better life in America. Treated as second-class citizens upon arrival, they embarked upon yet another journey to become a significant political, religious and economic force in the United States. This guide, arranged geographically into five regions, describes houses, churches, streets, birth-places and monuments where history was made or has been commemorated. Three hundred fascinating sites are covered - from the Boston Massacre Memorial to Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest to the O'Shaughnessy Dam at Yosemite National Park.
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Barnes, an Irish American journalist, has compiled a guide to 300 sites associated with the history of the Irish in the U.S. (in 46 states and the District of Columbia) and in Ontario and Quebec. His preface defines Irish American and explains that sites and people were selected regardless of religious affiliation, pointing out that many of Ireland's greatest patriots were Protestants. The foreword by Eoin McKiernan, founder of the Irish American Cultural Institute, traces the waves of Irish immigration, their settlement patterns, the prejudice they encountered, and their contributions to American culture.
The sites--museums, battlefields, neighborhoods, historic homes and buildings, churches, cemeteries, memorials, parks, and monuments--are arranged geographically. The table of contents lists five regions, under which states (and provinces) are listed alphabetically with page numbers. At the beginning of each regional section is a listing of the sites in each state along with a locator map. Entries include places as diverse as the Vinegar Hill Museum and Lead Mine in Galena (Illinois), Little Bighorn National Battlefield, the Jimmy Walker Home, the Irish Servant Plaque in Newport, and several Robert Emmet statues.
What sets this work apart from the usual travel guide is the quality of the descriptions. The well-written, readable entries (usually one to three pages in length) are conversational in tone and do not tend toward patriotic gore. Details on the lives of persons and on the significance of particular events and anecdotes and historical minutiae lend themselves to browsing. Entries are enhanced by more than 100 black-and-white illustrations and conclude with practical information--location, exhibits, hours, admission fees, and phone number.
The guide is supplemented by a chronology of Irish American history from 1586, when Irishman Edward Nugent killed the Indian Chief Pemisapan, to 1994, when President Clinton exerted diplomatic pressure on Britain to begin peace talks on Northern Ireland. A selective bibliography of works consulted follows. A site index by type and a subject index of people, places, and events complete the volume. Irish-American Landmarks is enthusiastically recommended. It complements the more scholarly Irish-American Material Culture: A Directory of Collections, Sites, and Festivals in the United States and Canada (Greenwood, 1988), which has a broader scope.
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For three centuries the Irish have maintained a special relationship with America. At the height of the potato famine in the mid-19th century, more than a million Irish traded what little they owned for passage to America hoping that a better life waited on new shores. Treated as second-class citizens upon arrival, they embarked upon yet another extraordinary journey to become a political, religious and economic force in the U. S. Irish-American Landmarks: A Traveler's Guide, takes the reader to the sites and memorials of the Irish in America. Wisconsin is represented the Outagamie County Courthouse and the Erin Prairie St. Patrick's Church. With a timeline and more than 100 photos, the 590 page Irish-American Landmarks is certain to delight anyone with an interest in the amazing story of the Irish in this country and serve as a superlative guide to sites of interest for touring across America. -- Midwest Book Review
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I am assistant director for Leadership and Colleague Communications at Pfizer Inc. That's my day job. I'm a native New Yorker, born in the Bronx and raised in Brooklyn.
I graduated New York University in 1982 with a B.A. in journalism, but left NYC almost immediately to work for the Washington Times as a metro reorter. I thus began the gypsy life of a journalist, moving, in succession, from Washington, Boston, Detroit and Norfolk, Virginia before returning to NYC in 1995. In addition to the Washignton Times, I worked as a reporter and editorial writer for the Boston Herald, the Detroit News, the New York Post and columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak. My freelance articles have appeared in the Reader's Digest, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Monthly, America's Civil War and many other publications.
Along the way, I acquired a master's degree in Finance and Economics from Walsh College in Troy, Michigan. I joined Pfizer in 1999.
John F. Kennedy on Leadership, published in May 2005, is my third book. My previous ones were Ulysses S. Grant on Leadership, published in May 2001, and Irish-American Landmarks: A Traveler's Guide, published by Visible Ink Press in 1995. I have also contributed to two other books, the Encyclopedia of the Irish in America and Presidential Administration Profile for Students.
I live in Manhattan with my wife Mary, our daughter, Mary Elisabeth, and our son, John Paul
I graduated New York University in 1982 with a B.A. in journalism, but left NYC almost immediately to work for the Washington Times as a metro reorter. I thus began the gypsy life of a journalist, moving, in succession, from Washington, Boston, Detroit and Norfolk, Virginia before returning to NYC in 1995. In addition to the Washignton Times, I worked as a reporter and editorial writer for the Boston Herald, the Detroit News, the New York Post and columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak. My freelance articles have appeared in the Reader's Digest, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Monthly, America's Civil War and many other publications.
Along the way, I acquired a master's degree in Finance and Economics from Walsh College in Troy, Michigan. I joined Pfizer in 1999.
John F. Kennedy on Leadership, published in May 2005, is my third book. My previous ones were Ulysses S. Grant on Leadership, published in May 2001, and Irish-American Landmarks: A Traveler's Guide, published by Visible Ink Press in 1995. I have also contributed to two other books, the Encyclopedia of the Irish in America and Presidential Administration Profile for Students.
I live in Manhattan with my wife Mary, our daughter, Mary Elisabeth, and our son, John Paul
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