The immortal Irishman: the Irish revolutionary who became an American hero
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From the National Book Award–winning and best-selling author Timothy Egan comes the epic story of one of the most fascinating and colorful Irishman in nineteenth-century America.
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. Meagher’s rebirth in America included his leading the newly formed Irish Brigade from New York in many of the fiercest battles of the Civil War — Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg. Twice shot from his horse while leading charges, left for dead in the Virginia mud, Meagher’s dream was that Irish-American troops, seasoned by war, would return to Ireland and liberate their homeland from British rule. The hero's last chapter, as territorial governor of Montana, was a romantic quest for a true home in the far frontier. His death has long been a mystery to which Egan brings haunting, colorful new evidence.
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. Meagher’s rebirth in America included his leading the newly formed Irish Brigade from New York in many of the fiercest battles of the Civil War — Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg. Twice shot from his horse while leading charges, left for dead in the Virginia mud, Meagher’s dream was that Irish-American troops, seasoned by war, would return to Ireland and liberate their homeland from British rule. The hero's last chapter, as territorial governor of Montana, was a romantic quest for a true home in the far frontier. His death has long been a mystery to which Egan brings haunting, colorful new evidence.
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19th Century
19th Century -- United States
Adventurers & Explorers
Adventurers & Explorers -- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Armed Forces
Armed Forces -- Officers
Australia & New Zealand
Australia & New Zealand -- HISTORY
Biographies
Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/Social Activists
Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Civil War Period (1850-1877) -- United States
Downloadable e-Books
Electronic books
Generals
Generals -- United States -- Biography
Governors
Governors -- Montana -- Biography
Heroes
Heroes -- United States -- Biography
Historical
Historical -- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
History
HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand
HISTORY/Australia & Oceania
HISTORY / Europe / Ireland
HISTORY/Ireland
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Ireland
Ireland -- Europe
Irish Americans
Irish Americans -- Biography
Meagher, Thomas Francis
Meagher, Thomas Francis, -- 1823-1867
Montana
Nonfiction
Officers
Prisoners
Prisoners -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography
Revolutionaries
Revolutionaries -- Ireland -- Biography
Social Activists
Social Activists -- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Tasmania
United States
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography
United States. -- Army
United States. -- Army -- Officers -- Biography
United States. -- Army of the Potomac. -- Irish Brigade
West
West -- State & Local
19th Century -- United States
Adventurers & Explorers
Adventurers & Explorers -- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Armed Forces
Armed Forces -- Officers
Australia & New Zealand
Australia & New Zealand -- HISTORY
Biographies
Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/Social Activists
Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Civil War Period (1850-1877) -- United States
Downloadable e-Books
Electronic books
Generals
Generals -- United States -- Biography
Governors
Governors -- Montana -- Biography
Heroes
Heroes -- United States -- Biography
Historical
Historical -- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
History
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HISTORY/Australia & Oceania
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West
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Ireland
Ireland -- Europe
Irish Americans
Irish Americans -- Biography
Meagher, Thomas Francis
Meagher, Thomas Francis, -- 1823-1867
Montana
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Officers
Prisoners
Prisoners -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Biography
Revolutionaries
Revolutionaries -- Ireland -- Biography
Social Activists
Social Activists -- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Tasmania
United States
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography
United States. -- Army
United States. -- Army -- Officers -- Biography
United States. -- Army of the Potomac. -- Irish Brigade
West
West -- State & Local
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The immortal Irishman : the Irish revolutionary who became an American hero
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The Immortal Irishman The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero [electronic resource] Egan, Timothy.
The immortal Irishman : the Irish revolutionary who became an American hero / Timothy Egan
The immortal Irishman : the Irish revolutionary who became an American hero [electronic resource] / Timothy Egan
The Immortal Irishman The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero [electronic resource] Egan, Timothy.
The immortal Irishman : the Irish revolutionary who became an American hero / Timothy Egan
The immortal Irishman : the Irish revolutionary who became an American hero [electronic resource] / Timothy Egan
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