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Book SynopsisIs there still a distinct Irish identity in America? This highly original survey says yes, though it’s often an indirect one. Opening a new window on the meanings of Irishness over the twentieth century, this work also reveals how Catholicism, so key to the identity of earlier generations of Irish Americans, has also evolved.
Trade Review“In
Irish-American Autobiography James Silas Rogers engages with more than a century of Irish-American nonfiction. Meticulously researched, intelligently orchestrated, and beautifully written, Rogers’s study—in its deep engagement with the many-sidedness of the Irish experience in the United States—brings into the spotlight the lives of many well and not-so-well-known men and women whose lives and writings allow us to understand the Irish diaspora more thoroughly. Some of his subjects are well-known—Jackie Gleason, Frank McCourt, and Michael Patrick McDonald—while others represent important acts of recovery. This is a wise, informative, excellent, and a vital contribution to both Irish and American Studies.” —Eamonn Wall, author of
Writing the Irish West: Ecologies and Traditions.
