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Read the details about each of the following titles:
Irish America: The Historical Travel Guide (Volume 1)
The definitive guide to Irish-related landmarks in the
United States (North Atlantic States, District of Columbia, and Great Lakes Region) and Canada. Provides extensive biographical
information about 750 Irish natives and Americans and Canadians of Irish descent. Contains addresses, hours of admission,
phone numbers, 130 photographs, bibliography, and site and subject indexes. 630 pages. Paperback. Published 1998. ISBN: 0-9648253-3-3.
Price: $20.95. Written by Richard Demeter.
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Photo: Statue of John Barry, the "Father of the American Navy," in Franklin Park, Washington, D.C.
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Irish America: The Historical Travel
Guide (Volume 2)
The definitive guide to Irish-American landmarks
in the Southern & Border States, Plains & Rocky Mountain States, and Western & Southwestern States. Provides extensive
biographical information about 600 Irish natives and Americans of Irish descent. Contains addresses, hours of admission, phone
numbers, 80 photographs, bibliography, and site and subject indexes. 648 pages. Paperback. Published 1996. ISBN: 0-9648253-1-7.
Price: $20.95. Written by Richard Demeter.
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Photo: Statue of Confederate officer Dick Dowling in Hermann Park, Houston, Texas.
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Each volume is a source of biographical information about at least 600 Irish natives and Americans of Irish descent, many of them little heralded by the Muse of History, including:
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Patrick Carr, one of the victims of the Boston Massacre.
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Charles O’Conor, the first Irish Catholic presidential nominee.
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John Holland, the inventor of the first practical submarine.
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Ann Glover, a victim of the witch hunts in Puritan Massachusetts.
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Peter McGuire, the “Father of Labor Day.”
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Annie Moore, the first immigrant to register at Ellis Island.
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Mother Jones, a fiery activist who led a 125-mile protest march to denounce child labor .
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Mollie Walsh, a dance hall queen who provided lodgings for Alaskan miners.
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Simon Kenton, the frontiersman who saved Daniel Boone’s life.
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Annie Sullivan, the “Miracle Worker” who served as Helen Keller’s teacher.
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Tom Dooley, a physician renowned for his humanitarian work in Vietnam and Laos.
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Thomas Burke, the “Man Who Built Seattle.”
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Michael O’Laughlin, an alleged conspirator imprisoned for complicity in Lincoln’s death.
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Tom O’Falliard, the outlaw confederate of “Billy the Kid” (Henry McCarty)
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