{"product_id":"recovering-an-irish-voice-from-patrick-j-mahoney-9781574418279","title":"Recovering an Irish Voice from the American Frontier: The Prose Writings of Eoin Ua Cathail","description":"Selected as a Book of the Year by Irish language magazine \u003ci\u003eComhar\u003c\/i\u003e, 2021. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRecovering an Irish Voice from the American Frontier \u003c\/i\u003eis a bilingual compilation of stories by Eoin Ua Cathail, an Irish emigrant, based loosely on his experiences in the West and Midwest. \u003cbr\u003eThe author draws on the popular American Dime Novel genre throughout to offer unique reflections on nineteenth-century American life. As a member of a government mule train accompanying the U.S. military during the Plains Indian Wars, Ua Cathail depicts fierce encounters with Native American tribes, while also subtly commenting on the hypocrisy of many famine-era Irish immigrants who failed to recognize the parallels between their own plight and that of dispossessed Native peoples. These views are further challenged by his stories set in the upper Midwest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis writings are marked by the eccentricities and bloated claims characteristic of much American Western literature of the time, while also offering valuable transnational insights into Irish myth, history, and the Gaelic Revival movement. This bilingual volume, with facing Irish-English pages, marks the first publication of Ua Cathail's work in both the original Irish and in translation. It also includes a foreword from historian Richard White, a comprehensive introduction by Mahoney, and a host of previously unpublished historical images.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick J. Mahoney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1574418270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781574418279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Patrick J. Mahoney","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43991012475135,"sku":"9781574418279","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4eb36b08-436b-4973-abf4-9d30f0ffc1e1.jpg?v=1683307937","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/recovering-an-irish-voice-from-patrick-j-mahoney-9781574418279","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}