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The Dooleys of Richmond : an Irish immigrant family in the old and new South / Mary Lynn Bayliss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bayliss, Mary Lynn, 1942- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dooley family.
- Dooley, James H. (James Henry), 1841-1922--Family.
- Dooley, James H.
- Dooley, James H. (James Henry), 1841-1922.
- Irish Americans--Virginia--Richmond--Biography.
- Irish Americans.
- Irish American families--Virginia--Richmond.
- Irish American families.
- Immigrants--Virginia--Richmond--Biography.
- Immigrants.
- Catholics--Virginia--Richmond--Biography.
- Catholics.
- Civic leaders--Virginia--Richmond--Biography.
- Civic leaders.
- Businesspeople--Virginia--Richmond--Biography.
- Businesspeople.
- Philanthropists--Virginia--Richmond--Biography.
- Philanthropists.
- Families.
- Richmond (Va.)--Biography.
- Richmond (Va.).
- Virginia--Richmond.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 300 pages,12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- "The story of an Irish Catholic immigrant family who came to Richmond, Virginia, in the nineteenth century and established a large hat manufacturing enterprise, becoming leaders in business, education, politics, and philanthropy in Virginia"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A young family
- Richmond responds to the Great Famine and politics in Ireland
- Family matters
- Georgetown : prelude to war
- Economic slowdown
- War
- The Ambulance Committee
- New duties
- Fame
- The evacuation fire : military occupation
- A young lawyer in Military District No. 1
- A young politician
- In the House of Delegates
- The railroad that got away
- New ventures
- The new South on the march
- More new ventures
- The panic and beyond
- Highways and railways
- The new century
- A steep decline
- Sallie's book and another railroad
- Travel abroad and a mountain palace
- Extraordinary gifts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780813939988
- 0813939984
- OCLC:
- 964303597
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