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portada Irish Born, American Made: The Life and Myth of Captain John Egan
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2026
Language
English
Pages
250
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
21.6x14 cm
ISBN13
9780299360542

Irish Born, American Made: The Life and Myth of Captain John Egan

Egan, Ken, Jr. (Author) · University of Wisconsin Press · Paperback

Irish Born, American Made: The Life and Myth of Captain John Egan - Egan, Ken, Jr.

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Synopsis "Irish Born, American Made: The Life and Myth of Captain John Egan"

Born to poverty in the Irish county of Tipperary, John Egan participated in some of the most dramatic events of the nineteenth century, including mass migration to the United States during a catastrophic famine, the "opening" of Japan via gunboat diplomacy, Sherman's March to the Sea, and homesteading in the Upper Midwest. In Irish Born, American Made, his great-grandson examines the processes by which a scorned British subject became a proud American citizen.Although Egan's life was filled with epic drama, the author does not shy away from unsavory truths, such as his ancestor's doubts about the virtues of abolition or his enthusiastic participation in settling land appropriated from Indigenous peoples. Equally, Egan recognizes the real hardships his ancestor faced in assimilating to American society, from the prejudices of the ascendant Know-Nothing movement to the condescending caricatures of Irish soldiers by his Union compatriots during and after the Civil War. The result is both a moving reminder of the hardships of immigration and a timely reckoning with the imperfections of our forebears.

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