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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Irish Iowa

Irish Iowa

Walch, Timothy

Paperback

Series: American Heritage

CatholicismGeneral PhotographyRegional: Midwest

Publisher Price: $21.99

ISBN10: 146713970X
ISBN13: 9781467139700
Publisher: History Press (SC)
Published: Mar 4 2019
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Iowa offered freedom and prosperity to the Irish fleeing famine and poverty. They became the second-largest immigrant group to come to the state, and they acquired influence well beyond their numbers. The first hospitals, schools and asylums in the area were established by Irish nuns. Irish laborers laid the tracks and ran the trains that transported crops to market. Kate Shelley became a national heroine when she saved a passenger train from plunging off a bridge. The Sullivan family became the symbol of sacrifice when they lost their five sons in World War II. Author Timothy Walch details these stories and more on the history and influence of the Irish in the Heartland.

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