{"product_id":"a-journey-through-boston-irish-dennis-p-ryan-9780738589848","title":"A Journey Through Boston Irish History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive photographic record of Boston's most conspicuous immigrant group - the Irish.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Journey through Boston Irish History\u003c\/i\u003e is the fruit of years of tireless research by prize-winning author Dennis P. Ryan. Within these pages are rare and handsome images unearthed from innumerable local libraries, historical societies and museums, parish rectories and Catholic charitable institutions, the archives of religious congregations, major Boston and diocesan newspapers, private family collections, and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Beginning with the horrifying famine of the 1840s in Ireland and concluding four generations later with the election of John F. Kennedy as president, \u003ci\u003eA Journey through Boston Irish History\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping, poignant portrait of the children of the Gael and the city they transformed politically, socially, and culturally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyan takes us through the corridors and wards of hospitals and orphanages that were established by the Irish to care for their own. Powerful images supplied by the Mathew Brady Collection at the Library of Congress recount the exploits of the celebrated Massachusetts Ninth Irish Regiment during the American Civil War. Within these pages, we are also invited to discover the vibrant personalities of pugilist John L. Sullivan, William Henry Cardinal O'Connell, as well as the irrepressible Mayor James Michael Curley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis P. Ryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0738589845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738589848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.54w x 0.45d","brand":"Dennis P. Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45265497030911,"sku":"9780738589848","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8b921200-d76f-49a2-a6fd-a070412c9f9a.jpg?v=1713420959","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-journey-through-boston-irish-dennis-p-ryan-9780738589848","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}