Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America

by Kerby A. Miller and Paul Wagner

Book Overview

Out of Ireland, a remarkable collaboration between Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Wagner and prominent historian Kerby Miller, explores the history of Irish emigration between 1841 and 1926, when 7 million people fled Ireland to come to the United States. The book traces the political, economic, and societal forces at work on these individuals in their homeland and in their adopted country. It also explores the psychology of an immigrant population...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880216256
• ISBN13: 9781880216255
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Elliott & Clark Pub.
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.4" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO PERSEVERED

This superb folio-size companion to the PBS television special of the same name explores the history and psychology of Irish immigration to the United States. With some 100 duotone photographs, it is an inspiring story of those who survived disease on the "coffin ships" as they attempted to reach our shores. The vivid text brings to life the sagas of Irish entrepreneurs who rose to prominence in politics, agriculture, business, religion and culture. Most importantly it is the story of courageous human beings, people who left everything behind them to search for a better life. And, in so doing, they forged lasting impressions on past and present life in America. Never forgetting "home," they imagined and often lived the American dream. This splendid book speaks volumes to the descendants of the Irish immigrants and to all who have a vision and struggle to make it reality. - Gail Cooke