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Peter Quinn 
Looking for Jimmy 
A Search For Irish America

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In this stunning work chronicling the author’s exploration of his own past—and the lives of many hundreds of thousands of nameless immigrants who struggled alongside his own ancestors—Peter Quinn paints a brilliant new portrait of the Irish-American men and women whose evolving culture and values continue to play such a central role in all of our identities as Americans. In Quinn’s hands, the Irish stereotype of “Paddy” gives way to an image of “Jimmy”—an archetypal Irish-American. From Irish immigration to modern politics, Quinn vibrantly weaves together the story of a remarkable people and their immeasurable contribution to American history and culture.
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Table des matières

Foreword | 11
I. Family and Memory
Looking for Jimmy | 19
In Search of the Banished Children | 43
The Skillins | 57
The Perils of Pat | 67
Stones of Memory | 74
II. Politics and Place
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall | 87
Local Politics, Irish-American Style | 101
Life of the Party | 112
Civil Service | 122
The Bronx is Burning | 127
Cast a Cold Eye: William Kennedy’s Albany | 138
III. Faith and Imagination
Confessions of a Bronx Irish-Catholic | 155
Sic Transit | 164
The Catholic Imagination | 172
Holy Orders | 188
City of God, City of Man | 193
IV. Silence and History
The Triumph of Bridget Such-a-One | 211
An Interpretation of Silences | 231
Closets Full of Bones | 246
Lost and Found | 257
A Famine Remembrance | 267
Conclusion
Irish America at the Millennium: How the Irish Stayed Irish | 273

A propos de l’auteur

Peter Quinn is a novelist, political historian, and foremost chronicler of New York City. He is the author of Banished Children of Eve, American Book Award winner; Looking for Jimmy: In Search of Irish America; and a trilogy of historical detective novels—Hour of the Cat, The Man Who Never Returned, and Dry Bones.
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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781531500849 ● Taille du fichier 5.2 MB ● Maison d’édition Fordham University Press ● Lieu New York ● Pays US ● Publié 2022 ● Édition 1 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 8272705 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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