Briarhill To Brooklyn An Irish Family S Journey To Freedom And Opportunity
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Briarhill To Brooklyn An Irish Family S Journey To Freedom And Opportunity
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Author : Jack Bodkin
language : en
Publisher: John S. Bodkin, Jr.
Release Date : 2021-02-26
Briarhill To Brooklyn An Irish Family S Journey To Freedom And Opportunity written by Jack Bodkin and has been published by John S. Bodkin, Jr. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-26 with Fiction categories.
For three years a mysterious potato blight devastated Ireland's clacháns, townlands, and cities. Nearly a million died. Was it the prospect of starvation, the snows of Black '47, or the fear of typhus that made the Bodkins leave? Or was it the dream of America's freedom and opportunity that drove the family from Galway onto an Irish coffin ship known as Cushlamachree? Their destination was Brooklyn. An unimaginable hurdle confronted the seven young Bodkin siblings, only days after docking in New York. Would the "fever" get them, too? But they managed to survive into adulthood as they were led by their two oldest brothers-Dominic and Martin. Dominic-a fledgling surgeon on the Alabama battlefields of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely-spends thirty-five years delivering and caring for thousands of Brooklyn babies. Martin-a Civil War veteran, and later an ironmonger with his own shop-ultimately is the progenitor of a large family of New York Bodkins. Briarhill to Brooklyn, is a novel, grounded in facts, in which Jack Bodkin tells the story of his Irish Catholic family's 1848 migration from County Galway, Ireland, to Brooklyn, New York, in the era of the Irish Potato Famine.
Pigeon Hill
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Author : George Trippon
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2001
Pigeon Hill written by George Trippon and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A heartwarming sharing of one's youth as one grows up in two cultures.
The Golden Road
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Author : Caille Millner
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2008-01-29
The Golden Road written by Caille Millner and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The true story of a remarkable young woman's struggle to find a home in the world Caille Millner is a rising star on the literary scene. A graduate of Harvard University, she was first published at age sixteen and was recently named one of Columbia Journalism Review's Ten Young Writers on the Rise. The Golden Road is Millner's clear-eyed and transfixing memoir. From her childhood in a Latino neighborhood in San Jose, California, and coming of age in a more affluent yet quietly hostile Silicon Valley suburb to a succession of imagined promised lands-Harvard, London, post-apartheid South Africa, New York City-this is the story of Millner's search for a place where she can define herself on her own terms and live a life that matters.
The House On An Irish Hillside
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Author : Felicity Hayes-McCoy
language : en
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Release Date : 2012-06-07
The House On An Irish Hillside written by Felicity Hayes-McCoy and has been published by Hodder & Stoughton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'From the moment I crossed the mountain I fell in love. With the place, which was more beautiful than any place I'd ever seen. With the people I met there. And with a way of looking at life that was deeper, richer and wiser than any I'd known before. When I left I dreamt of clouds on the mountain. I kept going back.' We all lead very busy lives and sometimes it's hard to find the time to be the people we want to be. Twelve years ago Felicity Hayes-McCoy left the hectic pace of the city and returned to Ireland to make a new life in a remarkable house on the stunning Dingle peninsula. Beautifully written, this is a life-affirming tale of rediscovering lost values and being reminded of the things that really matter.
The Family Tree Irish Genealogy Guide
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Author : Claire Santry
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2017-05-29
The Family Tree Irish Genealogy Guide written by Claire Santry and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-29 with Reference categories.
Discover your Irish roots! Trace your Irish ancestors from American shores back to the Emerald Isle. This in-depth guide from Irish genealogy expert Claire Santry will take you step-by-step through the exciting--and challenging--journey of discovering your Irish roots. You'll learn how to identify immigrant ancestor, find your family's county and townland of origin, and locate key genealogical resources that will breathe life into your family tree. With historical timelines, sample records, resource lists, and detailed information about where and how to find your ancestors online, this guide has everything you need to uncover your Irish heritage. In this book, you'll find: • The best online resources for Irish genealogy • Detailed guidance for finding records in the old country, from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland • Helpful background on Irish history, geography, administrative divisions, and naming patterns • Case studies that apply concepts and strategies to real-life research problems Whether your ancestors hail from the bustling streets of Dublin or a small town in County Cork, The Family Tree Irish Genealogy Guide will give you the tools you need to track down your ancestors in Ireland.
Indentured Immigrants
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Author : Philip L. Pasquini
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Indentured Immigrants written by Philip L. Pasquini and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Civil Rights And Politics At Hampton Institute
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Author : Hoda M. Zaki
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2007
Civil Rights And Politics At Hampton Institute written by Hoda M. Zaki and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Civil Rights and Politics at Hampton Institute presents the story of how one of the preeminent--and historically conservative--private institutions of black higher education came to play an important part in the struggle for full racial equality. Hoda Zaki traces Hampton Institute's progressive impact to its first black and alumnus president, Alonzo G. Moron, who used his office to launch a powerful and sustained attack against segregation. A brilliant man, who was uncompromising in his beliefs about creating a more inclusive democracy, Moron struggled against conservative forces both outside of and within his own institution before his ouster by Hampton's predominantly white governing board in 1959--just a year before the Greensboro sit-ins signaled the death knell for the segregationist era in which his institution had prospered. Hoda Zaki details the significance of Moron's complicated career through discussions of his theories of citizenship education, his work in promoting equal rights as a mission for the college, and the political philosophy (as evidenced in his speeches) that he shared with other civil rights leaders of the era.
Metairie Cemetery An Historical Memoir
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Author : Henri A. Gandolfo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981-11-01
Metairie Cemetery An Historical Memoir written by Henri A. Gandolfo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-11-01 with categories.
Signed A Paddy
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Author : Lisa Boyle
language : en
Publisher: Lisa Boyle Writes, LLC
Release Date : 2021-06-25
Signed A Paddy written by Lisa Boyle and has been published by Lisa Boyle Writes, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-25 with Fiction categories.
Ireland, 1848. Fourteen-year-old Rosaleen watches her mother die. Her country is reeling from the great potato famine, which will ultimately kill more than one million people. Driven by a promise and her will to survive, Rosaleen flees her small coastal town. She eventually arrives in America at the birth of the industrial revolution and is filled with hope and a new sense of independence. Yet the more Rosaleen becomes a part of this new world, the more she longs for a community she lost and a young man she can’t forget. Through a series of both heartwarming and tragic events, Rosaleen learns that she can’t outrun the problems that come along with being Irish. And maybe, she doesn’t want to.
Cambridge Street
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Author : Mr Steven Decker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-12-17
Cambridge Street written by Mr Steven Decker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-17 with categories.
In the early 1900s, the Mafia controls much of Sicily, the government is corrupt, and taxes are exorbitant. As a result of the terrible conditions and the limits of their crops, Tomas and Katerina Tomaso are forced to send their three grown sons and their grandchildren to live in America. It is a heart-breaking split: grandparents forced to say goodbye to grandchildren knowing they will likely never see them again. Parents and sons splitting from each other. Paolo and Gianna, their two young children and the two younger brothers endure a painful farewell to the people, the farm and the life they love. They arrive in Chicago on Christmas Day at the dawning of the Roaring Twenties. The sprawling, dirty, smelly city is not like anything they could have imagined or dreamed. The family moves into a fourth floor apartment in a run-down tenement building in the Little Italy section of town. The streets are run by mobsters, politicians and crooked cops, not much different from their homeland. The family soon learns that they are now in the lower class. The two-century family history of hard work and honesty in the Old Country does not matter here. They endure prejudice in the workplace, in the lack of social services and in the absence of police protection. Jobs were hard to find, especially for Italians and even worse for Sicilians. Poverty and discrimination humble them all. Life was tough, but they learned to be tougher. Slowly, the family overcomes obstacles and adjusts to their new homeland. TThe children grow and become Americans. The family was finally settled and content when a terrible and unforgiveable act of violence - committed against them by their Italian countrymen - struck the family, hard. Paolo and Gianna's dreams and hopes for their future and for their children hang in the balance as they decide on the course of action that will define them as people and determine their futures. Plots and tensions simmer and boil over in a shocking conclusion early one morning on Cambridge Street.