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The immortal Irishman [sound recording] : the Irish revolutionary who became an American hero / Timothy Egan ; performed by Gerard Doyle.

Egan, Timothy, (author.). Doyle, Gerard, (narrator.).

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

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Summary:

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.
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Age Hold Protection Active/Create Date Status Due Date
Hood River County Library CD 921 MEAGHER (Text) 33892100407346 Adult Audiobooks Audiobook CD None 10/04/2016 Available -

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781480562745
  • Physical Description: 11 audio discs (14 hr., 18 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: Grand Haven, Michigan : Brilliance Audio, [2016]

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Read by Gerard Doyle.
Summary, etc.:
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.

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