The Donnellys: Powder Keg, 1840-1880: 1840-1880

by John Little

Book Overview

A violent family living in violent times.

In the 1840s, the Donnelly family immigrates from Ireland to the British province of Canada. Almost immediately problems develop as the patriarch of the family is sent to the Kingston Penitentiary for manslaughter, leaving his wife to raise their eight children on her own.

The children are raised in an incredibly violent community and cultivate a devoted loyalty to their mother and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770416293
• ISBN13: 9781770416291
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: ECW Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"