For three years a mysterious potato blight devastated Ireland’s clacháns, townlands, and cities. Nearly a million died. Was it the prospect of starvation, the snows of Black ’47, or the fear of typhus that made the Bodkins leave? Or was it the dream of America’s freedom and opportunity that drove the family from Galway onto an Irish coffin ship known as Cushlamachree? Their destination was Brooklyn. An unimaginable hurdle confronted the seven young Bodkin siblings, only days after docking in New York. Would the “fever” get them, too? But they managed to survive into adulthood as they were led by their two oldest brothers—Dominic and Martin. Dominic—a fledgling surgeon on the Alabama battlefields of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely—spends thirty-five years delivering and caring for thousands of Brooklyn babies. Martin—a Civil War veteran, and later an ironmonger with his own shop—ultimately is the progenitor of a large family of New York Bodkins. Briarhill to Brooklyn, is a novel, grounded in facts, in which Jack Bodkin tells the story of his Irish Catholic family’s 1848 migration from County Galway, Ireland, to Brooklyn, New York, in the era of the Irish Potato Famine.
Details e-book Briarhill to Brooklyn
🗸 Author(s): Jack Bodkin
🗸 Title: Briarhill to Brooklyn: An Irish Family's Journey to Freedom and Opportunity
🗸 Rating : 4.3 from 5 stars (1204 reviews)
🗸 Languange: English
🗸 Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
🗸 Supported Devices: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
Readers' opinions about Briarhill to Brooklyn by Jack Bodkin
This comprehensive guide to personal finance offers practical advice and actionable strategies for achieving financial freedom. From budgeting and saving to investing and retirement planning, the author covers all the essential topics needed to build wealth and secure a stable financial future. Accessible and informative, this book is a valuable resource for anyone looking to take control of their finances.
Explore the wonders of the natural world with this captivating exploration of wildlife and ecosystems. From the depths of the ocean to the heights of the mountains, the author takes readers on a journey through some of the planet's most extraordinary habitats. With its stunning photography and fascinating insights, this book is a feast for the eyes and the mind.
Delve into the pages of this thought-provoking philosophical treatise, where the author grapples with some of life's most profound questions. From the nature of existence to the meaning of morality, each chapter offers a fresh perspective on the human condition. With its rigorous logic and elegant prose, this book is sure to spark lively debate and introspection.
Related ebooks of Briarhill to Brooklyn
The Old Man’s Place (The Warrensburg Trilogy)
“Sanford is a supreme master at squeezing the last drop of terror and excitement out of a sordid, savage situation. The story sweeps along with an ugly force that will send sensitive souls in search of smelling salts.” Pittsburgh Post-GazetteA trio of vicious World War One veterans descend on the farm in the Adirondack mountains where one of them grew up and his father now lives alone. They embark on happily wreaking drunken havoc at…
In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree (The Americans)
The Scout of Wounded Knee and In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree are parts of a larger series in progress, titled The Americans. Though some characters and locations are shared, each book in the series can be read as a standalone.
S-Corporation Beginner's Guide, Updated Edition: The Most...
Save big on taxes and launch your S-corp the simple, straightforward, and foolproof way!Starting an S-Corp offers a wide range of benefits to business owners, such as protection of assets, pass-through taxation, and numerous other tax loopholes. Unfortunately, most entrepreneurs make a lot of costly mistakes when forming, and managing their S-Corp.In S-Corporation Beginners Guide (updated 2023) you’ll learn the foolproof formula to form, manage, and save taxes as a business owner in an S-Corporation.…
NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories
The candid, hilarious, shocking, occasionally horrifying, and surprisingly moving New York Times bestselling autobiography of punk legends NOFX, their own story in their own wordsNOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories is the first tell-all autobiography from one of the world's most influential and controversial punk bands. Fans and non-fans alike will be shocked by the stories of murder, suicide, addiction, counterfeiting, riots, bondage, terminal illness, the Yakuza, and drinking pee. Told from the perspective…
Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids: 50+ Exciting STEAM Projects to Design and Build (Awesome STEAM Activities for Kids) Cherish Study Guide: The One Word That Changes Everything for Your Marriage Who Really Feeds the World?: The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Society of Psychos (Dead Men Walking Duet) Digital Radiography and PACS How to Analyze People: Speed Read People, Analyze Body Language & Personality Types (Ei Master) 3HAG WAY: The Strategic Execution System that ensures your strategy is not a Wild-Ass-Guess! DK Eyewitness Top 10 Malta and Gozo (Pocket Travel Guide) Concepts of Database Management The Art and Business of Teaching Yoga: The Yoga Professional’s Guide to a Fulfilling Career
