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Author:Kevin Kenny
American Golf in the Great Depression: The Pros Take to the Grapefruit Circuit
This account of professional golf during the Great Depression begins with a look at the "roaring 1920s" and how the game developed during this exciting decade. What a contrast to the Depression era--in which golf at all levels suffered but survived. The Depression years...- $19.99
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Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction
What does diaspora mean? Until quite recently, the word had a specific and restricted meaning, referring principally to the dispersal and exile of the Jews. But since the 1960s, the term diaspora has proliferated to a remarkable extent, to the point where it is...- $12.99
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Author:Kevin Kenny
Golf's Forgotten Hero: The Life of John McDermott
The story of John McDermott is both tragic and heroic. As a 19 year old, in 1911 he became the first native born American to win the U.S.Open and he repeated this success the following year. He truly paved the way for Walter Hagen,...- $12.00
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Author:Kevin Kenny
Ireland and the British Empire
This is the first comprehensive history of Ireland and the British Empire. It examines the different phases of Ireland's colonial status from the seventeenth century until the present, along with the impact of Irish people, politics, and nationalism on the Empire at large. The...- $68.00
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Author:Kevin Kenny
Making Sense of the Molly Maguires: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition
Twenty Irish immigrants, suspected of belonging to a secret terrorist organization called the Molly Maguires, were executed in Pennsylvania in the 1870s for the murder of sixteen men. Ever since, there has been enormous disagreement over who the Molly Maguires were, what they did,...- $29.95
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New Directions in Irish-American History
The writing of Irish American history has been transformed since the 1960s. This volume demonstrates how scholars from many disciplines are addressing not only issues of emigration, politics, and social class but also race, labor, gender, representation, historical memory, and return (both literal and...- $19.95
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Patty Berg: Pioneer Champion of Women's Golf
The Ladies Professional Golfers Association (LPGA) was formed in 1950, 34 years after the men's association. There were 13 founding members, one of whom was Patty Berg (1918-2006). After a glittering amateur career with 28 championships, Berg turned professional in 1940. Before the formation...- $45.00
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Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of William Penn's Holy Experiment
William Penn established Pennsylvania in 1682 as a "holy experiment" in which Europeans and Indians could live together in harmony. In this book, historian Kevin Kenny explains how this Peaceable Kingdom--benevolent, Quaker, pacifist--gradually disintegrated in the eighteenth century, with disastrous consequences for Native Americans.Author:...- $32.99
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Ralph Guldahl: The Rise and Fall of the World's Greatest Golfer
Set against the background of the Great Depression, this book presents the life of Ralph Guldahl, who for a brief period in the 1930s was widely recognized as the best golfer in the world. From 1936 to 1940, he won two successive U.S. Opens,...- $29.95
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