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The Immortal Irishman

The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero

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The Immortal Irishman

Auteur(s): Timothy Egan
Narrateur(s): Gerard Doyle
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From the National Book Award-winning and best-selling author Timothy Egan comes the epic story of one of the most fascinating and colorful Irishmen in 19th-century America.

The Irish-American story, with all its twists and triumphs, is told through the improbable life of one man. A dashing young orator during the Great Famine of the 1840s, in which a million of his Irish countrymen died, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was banished to a Tasmanian prison colony. He escaped and six months later was heralded in the streets of New York - the revolutionary hero, back from the dead, at the dawn of the great Irish immigration to America.

Meagher's rebirth in America included his leading the newly formed Irish Brigade from New York in many of the fiercest battles of the Civil War - Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg. Twice shot from his horse while leading charges, left for dead in the Virginia mud, Meagher's dream was that Irish-American troops, seasoned by war, would return to Ireland and liberate their homeland from British rule.

The hero's last chapter, as territorial governor of Montana, was a romantic quest for a true home in the far frontier. His death has long been a mystery to which Egan brings haunting, colorful new evidence.

©2016 Timothy Egan (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
Amériques Australie et Océanie Europe Guerres et conflits Histoire Irlande Militaire Militants Océanie Politiciens Politique et militantisme Voyageurs et explorateurs États-Unis Guerre Guerre civile Royaume-Uni New York Biographie

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"Gerard Doyle narrates the astonishing life story of Thomas Meagher with the lilting enthusiasm of an Irishman who has a fine yarn to tell. And how fine it is.... Infinitely listenable, Doyle delivers this remarkable biography with a clarity, pleasure, and ease that will entice even those who've never heard of Meagher." ( AudioFile)
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I love the history involved here. IT shows the great trials these people were subjected to,

A very informative read.

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This is a tale about a man, Thomas Mar, but also about the injustices the Irish suffered and the slaves in the US. It opened my eyes to some of the history of the Irish, and how Thomas found himself living at critical times in Ireland, Tasmania and the United States. It is amazing how we can forget our history, but the book reminds us the the populism and xenophobia was not invented by Donald Trump and his followers, the Know Nothing party were over 100 years ahead of them. I recently was visiting some American relatives and they had never heard of the Know Nothing Party.

A Tale Well Told

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