Journey of Hope: The Story of Irish Immigration to America [Hardcover]

Kerby Miller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2001

One of the greatest success stories ever told unfolds in the pages of this compelling, three-dimensional book. Through intimate letters, journals, and diaries of actual immigrants, Journey of Hope chronicles the Irish in America and their triumphant rise from adversity and prejudice to prosperity and prominence. Interactive fold-outs, pockets, and envelopes hold a myriad of facsimile documents that bring the Irish immigration experience vividly to life. Unfold the eviction notice that forced desperate Irish peasants from their homes--and to foreign shores. Read a father's farewell poem to the emigrating son he would never see again. Or study the letter of a proud Union soldier as he describes the brave deeds of his Irish-American regiment. From start to finish, Journey of Hope tells a fascinating story not soon to be forgotten.

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About the Author

Kerby Miller America's preeminent historian of Irish immigration, is the author of Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America. He is the Middlebush Professor of History at the University of Missouri.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books; 1St Edition edition (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811827836
• ISBN-13: 978-0811827836
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 10.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #958,773 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a terrific book!, January 27, 2002

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Sinead NiC "American & Irish expat" (Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Journey of Hope: The Story of Irish Immigration to America (Hardcover)

This is a great book to get for yourself or for anyone interested in a quick but very compelling read about the history of immigration from Ireland to America. I'd particularly recommend it for young readers, as it contains a wide assortment of compelling pull-out letters and other "souvenirs" showing everyday items from and about those brave immigrants who left behind their homeland, its poverty, and starvation for a more hopeful (though far from easy) life in America.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for the classroom., May 23, 2007

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RincuBuS "Cornelius" (Carbondale, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Journey of Hope: The Story of Irish Immigration to America (Hardcover)

Primary sources the plenty with this book. The text might be too advanced for an elementary classroom but that doesn't matter because the foldouts and pictures that come with it accurately describe life then. Seriously buy this book, you can use it in so many ways or even if you are just interested in history.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful book, November 3, 2006

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This review is from: Journey of Hope: The Story of Irish Immigration to America (Hardcover)

I love this book! I first saw it several years ago but didn't have the money to buy it. Then I wished later I had bought it (this was before Amazon came along). Thank goodness for Amazon because now I have this wonderful book! It's an "interactive" book, with pull-outs like a sample of what a letter from Ireland to the US was like, and a sample of a ticket at Ellis Island. That sort of thing. It's interesting! All Celtophiles should have this book!