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Book Description
Once upon a time in America, storefront help-wanted signs reading "Irish Need Not Apply" were commonplace. Back then, the Irish were only considered fit for the most menial, hazardous, or undignified of jobs. But that was fine for a culture of survivors-if the famine didn't kill them, a little ditch digging wouldn't either. And so Irish grandparents and great grandparents struggled and fought and finally flourished in their new land.Today, millions of Americans can trace their ancestry to Ireland. This small volume is a love letter to Irish heritage, a reminder of shared experience, forgotten traditions, and the beliefs and attitudes that define the Irish Americans. It contains reminiscences, common memories, and stereotypes-some deserved, others not. Sometimes funny, sometimes nostalgic and touching, this book is an everyman's history of a nation of immigrant survivors, a tribute to Irish Americans and their ancestors.
About the Author
Terrance McDevitt is Scott Omelianuk, an editor and writer whose area of expertise includes fashion, design, grooming, fitness, automotive, and food and wine. He has worked as executive editor of Esquire magazine and was the style editor at GQ magazine. He has appeared in the pages of The New York Times and Pravda, on such radio programs as NPR's Talk of the Nation, on national television programs as diverse as Good Morning America, the Today show and Oprah, and on networks from the BBC to Japan's NHK. He has written five books, including the first four volumes in the highly acclaimed Things a Man Should Know series, which he created for Esquire.
The Joys Of Being Irish,Terrance McDevitt,Andrews McMeel Publishing,0740722042,Form - Jokes & Riddles,General,Humor,Humor / General
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