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Presents the biography of a dynamic and philanthropic Dooley family – and Irish Catholic immigrant family who came to Virginia in the nineteenth century. The story of the Dooleys is a fascinating window on southern society and the people who shaped its grand and turbulent history.

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“If now little remembered, the Dooley family bestrode Richmond after the Civil War and built it into a powerhouse of the New South. With a deep command of sources and an engaging style, Mary Lynn Bayliss restores this enterprising and fascinating Irish immigrant family to its rightful place.” —Nelson D. Lankford, author of Cry Havoc! The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861

The Dooleys of Richmond An Irish Immigrant

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      Publisher: University of Virginia Press
      Publication Date: 30/05/2017
      ISBN13: 9780813939988, 978-0813939988
      ISBN10: 0813939984

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      Book Synopsis
      Presents the biography of a dynamic and philanthropic Dooley family – and Irish Catholic immigrant family who came to Virginia in the nineteenth century. The story of the Dooleys is a fascinating window on southern society and the people who shaped its grand and turbulent history.

      Trade Review
      “If now little remembered, the Dooley family bestrode Richmond after the Civil War and built it into a powerhouse of the New South. With a deep command of sources and an engaging style, Mary Lynn Bayliss restores this enterprising and fascinating Irish immigrant family to its rightful place.” —Nelson D. Lankford, author of Cry Havoc! The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861

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