Irish Rebel: John Devoy and America's Fight for Ireland's Freedom - Hardcover

Golway, Terry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312181183 ISBN 13: 9780312181185

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Recalls the life of the Irish-American Fenian activist John Devoy, who was instrumental in both the Easter Rising of 1916 and the creation of the Irish Free State

About this title

From the Publisher:

"The Devoy story, in Terry Golway's hands, combines wide scholarship and adventure: it reads like a novel. Get a comfortable chair when you read this book: you won't be able to put it down." --Frank McCourt

"Terry Golway has produced a well-researched biography of a man whose life has hitherto been given too little attention." --David Murray, The New York Times Book Review

"Terry Golway tells the story of this exceptional man with affection and a deft narrative sense. In an era of publishing in which America is rediscovering its Irishness, this book will charm and enlighten readers." --Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler's List

About the Author:

Terry Golway is an editor and writer at The New York Observer and is a contributor to America and other national publication. He resides in Maplewood, New Jersey, with his wife and children.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0312181183
• ISBN 13: 9780312181185
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 371