Real Lace
- List Price: $19.95
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr
- Publish date: 09/01/1997
Description:
Stephen Birmingham turns his eye to the great Irish-Catholic dynasties of America -- violent, colorful, charming and charmed: the Kennedys, the Cuddihys, Buckleys and Bradys, and the California "Silver Kings": the Floods, Fairs, Mackays and O'Briens. Fleeing from the great Irish potato famine, they arrived penniless in the slums of New York and Boston.
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But from desperate poverty and degradation they rose to fame and fortune, fueled by a powerful combination of driving energy, native wit, strong religion, stronger drink and, of course, the luck of the Irish.
Remarkable characters, warring families, and fluctuating fortunes -- out of this rich material Birmingham has fashioned an extraordinary social history.
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