Author: Eithne Loughrey Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd ISBN: 1856358321 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 153
Book Description
This is the second book in the trilogy – it charts the further adventures of Cork-born Annie Moore, who was the first immigrant to land at Ellis Island, New York, in 1892. Four years later, Annie, now aged seventeen, has left her family in New York and moved out west to Nebraska. Life in the West is unlike anything she has experienced before but Annie soon adapts, and before long she has an admirer. Annie is confused – she is interested in Carl but can't get Mike Tierney, whom she first met on her voyage to America from Ireland, out of her mind. But does Mike feel the same way?
Author: Eithne Loughrey Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd ISBN: 1856358305 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 145
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'full of the atmosphere of the time...a very engaging read' Mary Arrigan, Sunday Tribune A fictionalised account of the true story of the young Irish girl who was the first immigrant to land on Ellis Island, New York. Cork-born Annie Moore was the very first immigrant of any nationality to land at the now historic handling station at Ellis Island, New York, on the day it opened in 1892. This first book in the trilogy tells of Annie's new life in New York: her family, their cramped apartment and her working life. Annie's initial disappointment at her New York life soon disappears as she has a series of adventures.
Author: Yvonne Whelan Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317122267 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 166
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The study of the cultural landscape has gained momentum in recent years, revealing new insights to geographers, archaeologists, sociologists and architects. The cultural landscape is often viewed as an emblematic site and thus a key player in the heritage process. This book explores the overlapping and often complex relationships between identity, memory, heritage and the cultural landscape. It provides an overview of new approaches in the study of these relationships, combined with evidence from Ireland, England, Scotland and the United States. These case studies demonstrate the significance of the past in the contemporary construction of identity narratives and draw attention to the powerful role of monuments and parades as sites of cultural heritage. The focus then shifts to the way in which heritage has become politicized for various ends, demonstrating the changing perception of particular heritage sites and buildings, and the role that this has played in constructing and reconstructing particular identities.
Author: Troy Soos Publisher: Kensington Books ISBN: 9781575667676 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 298
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In the year 1892, Marshall Webb encounters a young Dutch girl who then disappears from Ellis Island moments after she arrives, and when his investigation takes him to reformer Rebecca Davies, he is introduced to a world of white slavery and murder.
Author: Publisher: Remedia Publications ISBN: 9781596396333 Category : Activity programs in education Languages : en Pages : 40
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A look at the important historical events and people of different time periods. Includes reading comprehension activities, research exercises, timelines, and puzzles.
Author: Georges Perec Publisher: New Directions Publishing ISBN: 0811229556 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 66
Book Description
A moving hybrid work about Ellis Island and immigration by the marvelous Georges Perec Georges Perec, employing lyrical prose meditations, lists, and inventories, conjures up the sixteen million people who, between 1890 to 1954, arrived as foreigners and stayed on to become Americans. Perec (who by the age of nine was an orphan: his father was killed by a German bullet, and his mother perished in Auschwitz) is wide-awake to the elements of chance in immigration and survival: “To me Ellis Island is the ultimate place of exile. That is, the place where place is absent, the non-place, the nowhere. Ellis Island belongs to all those whom intolerance and poverty have driven and still drive from the land where they grew up.” Ellis Island is a slender Perec masterwork, unique among his many singular works. The acclaimed poet and scholar Mónica de la Torre contributes an afterword that keeps Perec's writing front and center while situating Ellis Island in the context of America’s current fierce battles over immigration.
Author: Mary O'Neill Publisher: ISBN: 9781860112218 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 132
Book Description
Pick Your Brains about Ireland and find out its: Vital facts and figures; History in a nutshell; Local customs; Fabulous buildings and sights; Great inventors, artists and scientists; Food and drink; Incredible festivals and the stories behind them; Sport; Good books and wicked websites; Dictionary to translate Gaelic words.
Author: Eithne Loughrey
Author: Eithne Loughrey
Author: Eithne Loughrey
Author: Yvonne Whelan
Author: Eithne Loughrey
Author: Troy Soos
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Author: Georges Perec
Author: Mary O'Neill