Eamon Loingsigh
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Series
Auld Irishtown trilogy volume 2
Language
English
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"In 1916, Irish immigrant Liam Garrity struggles to survive on his own in Brooklyn, while his family back in Ireland faces reprisals during the violence of the Easter Rising. With taut writing by a master of historical fiction, Exile on Bridge Street relates Liam's compelling personal story against a background of NYC's brawling streets, Brooklyn Irish waterfront gangs, an influenza epidemic, organized crime, and the start of American involvement...
Author
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English
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Light of the Diddicoy is the riveting and immersive saga of Irish gangs on the Brooklyn waterfront in the early part of the 20th century, told through the eyes of young newcomer Liam Garrity. Forced at age 14 to travel alone to America after money grew scarce in Ireland, Garrity stumbles directly into the hard-knock streets of the Irish-run waterfront and falls in with a Bridge District gang called the White Hand. Through a series of increasingly...
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