Real Lace by Stephen Birmingham

The Irish-Catholic dynasties of America, the Kennedys, the Cuddihys, Buckleys and Bradys all fled the Irish potato famine, arriving penniless in the slums of New York and Boston. This is their social history, the story of their rise from desperate poverty to fame and fortune. Stephen Birmingham turns his eye to the great Irish-Catholic dynasties of America -- violent, colorful, charming and charmed: the Kennedys, the Cuddihys, Buckleys and Bradys, and the California "Silver Kings": the Floods, Fairs, Mackays and O'Briens. Fleeing from the great Irish potato famine, they arrived penniless in the slums of New York and Boston. But from desperate poverty and degradation they rose to fame and fortune, fueled by a powerful combination of driving energy, native wit, strong religion, stronger drink and, of course, the luck of the Irish. Remarkable characters, warring families, and fluctuating fortunes -- out of this rich material Birmingham has fashioned an extraordinary social history.
`Author(s) :` Stephen Birmingham	`Format :` Paperback Book
`ISBN-10 :` 0815605099	`ISBN-13 :` 9780815605096
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Product Details:

Series Title : Irish Studies

Country Publication : United States

Publication Date : 30/09/1997

Publisher : Syracuse University Press

Page Length : 336mm

Page Size : 230mm