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How the Irish won the American Revolution : a new look at the forgotten heroes of America's War of Independence by Phillip Thomas Tucker, PhD
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 269 .I6 T829 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, Irish American.
- United States.
- Irish Americans--History--18th century.
- Irish Americans.
- Irish American soldiers--History--18th century.
- Irish American soldiers.
- Physical Description:
- 400 pages : 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2015.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the forgotten Irish contribution to decisive victory
- "You have lost America by the Irish:" America's forgotten revolutionaries
- Enduring Irish legacies, myths, and popular modern memory
- Complexities of ethnicity and forgotten history
- Half of Washington's Continental Army was Celtic-Gaelic?
- A new generation of the most radical revolutionaries in America
- More of Washington's invaluable Irish commanders
- Washington's close-knit Irish "family" and other hard-hitting Irish leaders
- Conclusion: Irish odyssey.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9781634503815 (alk. paper)
- 1634503813 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 919068366
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