Irish in America (nonfiction)

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The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero 4.30 avg rating — 9,128 ratings
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Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History
Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Irish Brotherhood: John F. Kennedy, His Inner Circle, and the Improbable Rise to the Presidency
The Irish Brotherhood: John F. Kennedy, His Inner Circle, and the Improbable Rise to the Presidency 4.11 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Looking for Jimmy: A Search for Irish America
Looking for Jimmy: A Search for Irish America 3.94 avg rating — 81 ratings
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The Irish in Us: Irishness, Performativity, and Popular Culture
The Irish in Us: Irishness, Performativity, and Popular Culture 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
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When the Irish Invaded Canada: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans Who Fought for Ireland's Freedom
When the Irish Invaded Canada: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans Who Fought for Ireland's Freedom 3.89 avg rating — 393 ratings
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Real Lace Revisited: Inside the Hidden World of America’s Irish Aristocracy
Real Lace Revisited: Inside the Hidden World of America’s Irish Aristocracy 3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Boston Irish: A Political History
The Boston Irish: A Political History 3.88 avg rating — 113 ratings
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Nine Irish Lives: The Thinkers, Fighters, and Artists Who Helped Build America
Nine Irish Lives: The Thinkers, Fighters, and Artists Who Helped Build America 3.83 avg rating — 94 ratings
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The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies
The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies 3.96 avg rating — 1,232 ratings
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Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,989 ratings
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Two Continents, One Culture: The Scotch-Irish in Southern Appalachia
Two Continents, One Culture: The Scotch-Irish in Southern Appalachia 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob
The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob 4.06 avg rating — 3,739 ratings
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My Father Left Me Ireland: An American Son's Search For Home
My Father Left Me Ireland: An American Son's Search For Home 3.82 avg rating — 687 ratings
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The St. Louis Irish: An Unmatched Celtic Community (Volume 1)
The St. Louis Irish: An Unmatched Celtic Community (Volume 1) 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Close to the Floor: Irish Dance from the Boreen to Broadway
Close to the Floor: Irish Dance from the Boreen to Broadway 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Sons of Molly Maguire: The Irish Roots of America's First Labor War by Mark Bulik (25-Feb-2015) Hardcover
The Sons of Molly Maguire: The Irish Roots of America's First Labor War by Mark Bulik (25-Feb-2015) Hardcover 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Five Points: The Nineteenth-Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum
Five Points: The Nineteenth-Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum 3.96 avg rating — 1,576 ratings
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Far From the Shamrock Shore: The Story of Irish-American Immigration Through Song
Far From the Shamrock Shore: The Story of Irish-American Immigration Through Song 4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Irish in the American Civil War
The Irish in the American Civil War 4.53 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology
Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology 4.14 avg rating — 2,409 ratings
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97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement
97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement 3.78 avg rating — 3,170 ratings
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From Ulster to Carolina: The Migration of the Scotch-Irish to Southwestern North Carolina
From Ulster to Carolina: The Migration of the Scotch-Irish to Southwestern North Carolina 3.61 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Irish Confederates: The Civil War's Forgotten Soldiers
Irish Confederates: The Civil War's Forgotten Soldiers liked it 3.00 avg rating — 15 ratings
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After the Flood: Irish America, 1945-1960
After the Flood: Irish America, 1945-1960 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Closing Time
Closing Time 3.57 avg rating — 714 ratings
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Through Her Eyes: A new history of Ireland in 21 women
Through Her Eyes: A new history of Ireland in 21 women 3.85 avg rating — 67 ratings
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All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
All Souls: A Family Story from Southie 4.09 avg rating — 13,650 ratings
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The Irish in the South, 1815-1877
The Irish in the South, 1815-1877 3.73 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Irish of Gettysburg (Civil War Series)
The Irish of Gettysburg (Civil War Series) 3.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Ireland: A History
Ireland: A History 3.89 avg rating — 233 ratings
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Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics
Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics 4.17 avg rating — 488 ratings
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Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia
Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia 4.28 avg rating — 201 ratings
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Famine to Freedom: The Irish in the American Civil War
Famine to Freedom: The Irish in the American Civil War it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Ireland: A Terrible Beauty
Ireland: A Terrible Beauty
by: Jill Uris
3.97 avg rating — 467 ratings
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Middling Folk: Three Seas, Three Centuries, One Scots-Irish Family
Middling Folk: Three Seas, Three Centuries, One Scots-Irish Family 3.07 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Celtic Music
The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Celtic Music 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Green, Blue & Grey: The Irish in the American Civil War
Green, Blue & Grey: The Irish in the American Civil War really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Beyond the American Pale: The Irish in the West, 1845–1910
Beyond the American Pale: The Irish in the West, 1845–1910 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Gone to Amerikay
Gone to Amerikay 3.57 avg rating — 269 ratings
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Thomas Francis Meagher And the Irish Brigade in the Civil War
Thomas Francis Meagher And the Irish Brigade in the Civil War 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith
Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith 3.92 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Easter Rising: An Irish American Coming Up from Under
Easter Rising: An Irish American Coming Up from Under 3.78 avg rating — 947 ratings
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Irish on the Inside: In Search of the Soul of Irish America
Irish on the Inside: In Search of the Soul of Irish America 3.63 avg rating — 73 ratings
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All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, The Legendary Irish Famine Ship
All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, The Legendary Irish Famine Ship 3.83 avg rating — 413 ratings
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Joseph P. Kennedy: The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of an American Myth
Joseph P. Kennedy: The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of an American Myth 3.76 avg rating — 34 ratings
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On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York
On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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A Land of Dreams: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and the Irish in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Maine, 1880–1923 (McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History Book 46)
A Land of Dreams: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and the Irish in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Maine, 1880–1923 (McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History Book 46) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Irish General: Thomas Francis Meagher
The Irish General: Thomas Francis Meagher 3.94 avg rating — 35 ratings
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How the Irish Became White
How the Irish Became White 3.73 avg rating — 1,710 ratings
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A City in Terror: Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police Strike
A City in Terror: Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police Strike 3.57 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Danny Boy: The Legend Of The Beloved Irish Ballad
Danny Boy: The Legend Of The Beloved Irish Ballad 3.13 avg rating — 224 ratings
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From the Emerald Isle to the Cream City: A History of the Irish in Milwaukee
From the Emerald Isle to the Cream City: A History of the Irish in Milwaukee 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
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What Parish Are You From?: A Chicago Irish Community and Race Relations
What Parish Are You From?: A Chicago Irish Community and Race Relations 3.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Irish Folk, Trad & Blues: A Secret History
Irish Folk, Trad & Blues: A Secret History really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Celtic Lightning: How The Scots And The Irish Created A Canadian Nation
Celtic Lightning: How The Scots And The Irish Created A Canadian Nation 3.46 avg rating — 74 ratings
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The Shamrock and the Shield: An Oral History of the Irish in Montreal
The Shamrock and the Shield: An Oral History of the Irish in Montreal liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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NYPD Green: A Memoir
NYPD Green: A Memoir 3.81 avg rating — 199 ratings
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The Irish Americans: A History
The Irish Americans: A History 3.68 avg rating — 662 ratings
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Scotch-Irish: A Social History
Scotch-Irish: A Social History 3.99 avg rating — 326 ratings
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The Brothers Bulger: How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century
The Brothers Bulger: How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century 3.68 avg rating — 1,950 ratings
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The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry (Richard Hampton Jenrette Series in Architecture and the Decorative Arts)
The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry (Richard Hampton Jenrette Series in Architecture and the Decorative Arts) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga 4.25 avg rating — 3,191 ratings
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The Mountain of the Women: Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour
The Mountain of the Women: Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour 4.04 avg rating — 183 ratings
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The Kennedy Women: The Saga of an American Family
The Kennedy Women: The Saga of an American Family 4.12 avg rating — 2,292 ratings
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The Waning of the Green: Catholics, the Irish, and Identity in Toronto, 1887-1922 (McGill-Queen’s Studies in the Hist of Re) (Volume 32)
The Waning of the Green: Catholics, the Irish, and Identity in Toronto, 1887-1922 (McGill-Queen’s Studies in the Hist of Re) (Volume 32) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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How the Irish Won the West
How the Irish Won the West 3.44 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Scots and Scotch Irish: Frontier Life in North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky
Scots and Scotch Irish: Frontier Life in North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings
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The Shakespeare Riots: Revenge, Drama, and Death in Nineteenth-Century America
The Shakespeare Riots: Revenge, Drama, and Death in Nineteenth-Century America 3.85 avg rating — 153 ratings
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America 3.76 avg rating — 24,558 ratings
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Rogues and Redeemers: When Politics Was King in Irish Boston
Rogues and Redeemers: When Politics Was King in Irish Boston 3.53 avg rating — 76 ratings
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The Unstoppable Irish: Songs and Integration of the New York Irish, 1783–1883
The Unstoppable Irish: Songs and Integration of the New York Irish, 1783–1883 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Hidden History of the Boston Irish: Little-Known Stories from Ireland's "Next Parish Over"
Hidden History of the Boston Irish: Little-Known Stories from Ireland's "Next Parish Over" 3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America 3.86 avg rating — 2,047 ratings
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The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy 4.08 avg rating — 4,310 ratings
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Celtic Indian Boy of the Appalachia: A Scots Irish Cherokee Childhood
Celtic Indian Boy of the Appalachia: A Scots Irish Cherokee Childhood 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads
How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads 3.73 avg rating — 108 ratings
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The Emerald Diamond: How the Irish Transformed America's Greatest Pastime
The Emerald Diamond: How the Irish Transformed America's Greatest Pastime 3.26 avg rating — 43 ratings
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How the Irish Won the American Revolution: A New Look at the Forgotten Heroes of America's War of Independence
How the Irish Won the American Revolution: A New Look at the Forgotten Heroes of America's War of Independence 3.48 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Hostage to Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy
Hostage to Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy 4.12 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Death or Canada
Death or Canada 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Lincoln and the Irish: The Untold Story of How the Irish Helped Abraham Lincoln Save the Union
Lincoln and the Irish: The Untold Story of How the Irish Helped Abraham Lincoln Save the Union 3.86 avg rating — 339 ratings
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Notre Dame vs. The Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan
Notre Dame vs. The Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan 3.95 avg rating — 307 ratings
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The Greatest Brigade: How the Irish Brigade Cleared the Way to Victory in the American Civil War
The Greatest Brigade: How the Irish Brigade Cleared the Way to Victory in the American Civil War 3.89 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Remarkable Life of Kitty McInerney: How a Poor Irish Immigrant Raised 17 Children in Great Depression New York
The Remarkable Life of Kitty McInerney: How a Poor Irish Immigrant Raised 17 Children in Great Depression New York 3.87 avg rating — 86 ratings
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The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings: A Five-Generation History of the Ultimate Irish-Catholic Family
The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings: A Five-Generation History of the Ultimate Irish-Catholic Family 4.04 avg rating — 595 ratings
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'Tis
'Tis 3.74 avg rating — 65,410 ratings
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Shattered Faith
Shattered Faith 3.54 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Between Raid and Rebellion: The Irish in Buffalo and Toronto, 1867-1916 (McGill-Queen’s Studies in Ethnic History) (Volume 2)
Between Raid and Rebellion: The Irish in Buffalo and Toronto, 1867-1916 (McGill-Queen’s Studies in Ethnic History) (Volume 2) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Irish in Chicago
The Irish in Chicago really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Missing Kennedy: Rosemary Kennedy and the Secret Bonds of Four Women
The Missing Kennedy: Rosemary Kennedy and the Secret Bonds of Four Women 3.44 avg rating — 1,930 ratings
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Beyond the Ballot Box: A Social History of the Boston Irish, 1845-1917
Beyond the Ballot Box: A Social History of the Boston Irish, 1845-1917 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Shamrock and the Lily: The New York Irish and the Creation of a Transatlantic Identity, 1845-1921
The Shamrock and the Lily: The New York Irish and the Creation of a Transatlantic Identity, 1845-1921 2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Rock the Sham! The Irish Lesbian & Gay Organization's Battle to March in New Yor
Rock the Sham! The Irish Lesbian & Gay Organization's Battle to March in New Yor 4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy
The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy 3.85 avg rating — 3,188 ratings
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Ontario and Quebec’s Irish Pioneers: Farmers, Labourers, and Lumberjacks (The Irish in Canada, 2)
Ontario and Quebec’s Irish Pioneers: Farmers, Labourers, and Lumberjacks (The Irish in Canada, 2) 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Flight from Famine: The Coming of the Irish to Canada
Flight from Famine: The Coming of the Irish to Canada 3.67 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 3.85 avg rating — 488,867 ratings
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American Intolerance: Our Dark History of Demonizing Immigrants
American Intolerance: Our Dark History of Demonizing Immigrants 3.82 avg rating — 40 ratings
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The Essential Library for Irish Americans
The Essential Library for Irish Americans 4.25 avg rating — 32 ratings
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