Irish Rebel - Couverture souple

Golway, Terry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0312303866 ISBN 13 : 9780312303860

Editeur : Griffin, 1998

Synopsis

Irish Rebel In 1871, John Devoy, a young Irishman fighting for Irish independence, came to the United States in exile. Yet even while across the ocean, this Fenian greatly influenced Irish affairs. Terry Golway's suspenseful and assiduously researched biography of Devoy chronicles a lifetime of activism, in which he garnered tremendous financial and moral support within the United States for the cause in Ireland. Devoy was instrumental in both the Easter Rising of 1916 and the creation of the Irish Free State.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Described by Padraig Pearse as the greatest of the Fenians, John Devoy was born before the Famine and lived to see the Irish tricolour flying from Dublin Castle. He was an avowed Fenian who went into exile in New York in 1871. Over the next 50 years he was the most-prominent leader of the Irish-American nationalist movement, and every Irish leader from Parnell to Pearse sought his counsel. He organised a dramatic rescue of Fenian prisoners from Australia, rallied Irish America behind the Land War, served as a middle man between the Easter rebels and the German government, and helped move Irish-American opinion in favour of the Treaty. When he died in 1928, Devoy was accorded a state funeral and a hero s burial in Ireland.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Terry Golway is an American journalist who has worked for the New York Observer, the editorial board of the New York Times, and currently at Politico New York. He holds a Ph.D. in US History from Rutgers University and is a frequent guest on American radio and television. He is the author of over a dozen books.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Griffin
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0312303866
• ISBN 13: 9780312303860
• Reliure: Broché