A comprehensive history of the Irish in America from the early colonial period to the twentieth century, describing the reasons for mass migration to the U.S., ethnic prejudice and discrimination, Irish political power, and famous Irish Americans.
Eleven-year-old Irish Catholic Michael Devlin and Rabbi Judah Hirsch form a wonderful, if unlikely, friendship in Brooklyn in 1947, but the actions of a group of anti-Semitic thugs soon have them trapped in a spiral of hate and hoping for a miracle.
As the orphaned Doyle brothers leave Ireland to sail to the United States in 1846, thirteen-year-old Aiden is accidentally separated from sixteen-year-old Liam and must make his own way to New York, find work, and somehow find his brother.
Examines the reasons why so many immigrants from Ireland came to the United States between 1845 and 1850, many fleeing the potato famine which was causing widespread starvation, and discusses where they settled and what their lives were like in the new country.
Chronicles the history of Irish immigrants in America, describing their positive and negative experiences--including discrimination during and after the immigration from the Potato Famine--and their influence on American culture.
Presents questions covering the history, culture and social life, religion, political activities, economic life, and accomplishments of Irish Americans, with a separate section of answers.
