Add this copy of Far From the Shamrock Shore: the Story of Irish to cart. $6.90, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Collins Press.
Add this copy of Far From the Shamrock Shore: the Story of Irish to cart. $26.84, new condition, Sold by Pumpkin Wholesale Ltd rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Abingdon, Oxon, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2002 by Gill.
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"For centuries Irish people expressed their deepest feeling through song. Emigrants carried songs to America and wrote new songs to express the frustrations and sorrows of life in a new country. These became part of life, performed on every occasion from family gatherings to community events and the vaudeville stage. Brendan Kennelly described such songs as 'living ghosts that long for a living voice'. For the first time these songs and the stories they tell are captured in a passionately written illustrated history of the Irish in America with a free companion CD. Written by the leading authority on traditional Irish music in America each spread chronicles a specific theme in the lives of the Irish in America from the 1700s to the early 20th century with a corresponding song on the CD. The spreads and songs describe the backbreaking task of survival in the New World; battles waged for fair treatment and fair pay for work on railroads, on canals, in mines, in construction and factories; the success ultimately attained in politics, business and society; the cramped ghettoes of city life and anti-Irish sentiment.
Add this copy of Far From the Shamrock Shore: the Story of Irish to cart. $125.73, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Crown Publishers.
