Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Listen and read as much as you want
  • Over 400 000+ titles
  • Bestsellers in 10+ Indian languages
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Subscribe now
Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Nine Irish Lives: The Thinkers, Fighters, and Artists Who Helped Build America

Duration
8H 6min
Language
English
Format
Category

Biographies

In the spirit of David McCullough's Brave Companions, this anthology of popular American history presents the stories of nine incredible Irish immigrants as written by nine contemporary Irish Americans. Rosie O'Donnell, for instance, the adoptive mother of five, tells the story of Margaret Haughery, known as "Mother of the Orphans"; filmmaker and activist Michael Moore writes about the original muckraking journalist, Samuel McClure; and celebrated actor Pierce Brosnan writes about silent film director Rex Ingram. Some of the figures profiled are well known, others have stories that are less often told; all are inspiring. Compelling history mixed with moving and personal reflection, this collection of portraits is at once uniquely intimate and surprisingly immediate.

More than one in ten Americans claims Irish ancestry and, with its celebrity contributors, Nine Irish Lives will have strong appeal for those listeners. It is also, though, a timely portrait of shared humanity. These are stories about immigrants—and in the tales of revolutionaries and visionaries, caretakers and unsung heroes, Nine Irish Lives reminds us of the values and the people that have shaped America.

© 2018 HighBridge Audio (Audiobook): 9781684411979

Release date

Audiobook: 6 March 2018

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland Patrick Radden Keefe
  2. Plain Bad Heroines: A Novel Emily M. Danforth
  3. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt Kara Cooney
  4. It Occurs to Me That I Am America: New Stories and Art Lee Child
  5. Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 2nd Edition Bell Hooks
  6. Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise Lucinda Hawksley
  7. The Binding: A Novel Bridget Collins
  8. The Last of the President's Men Bob Woodward
  9. Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory Lydia Reeder
  10. The Keeper of Lost Things: A Novel Ruth Hogan
  11. The Essex Serpent: A Novel Sarah Perry
  12. Bad Feminist: Essays Roxane Gay
  13. Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65 Taylor Branch
  14. The Bookshop on the Corner: A Novel Jenny Colgan
  15. The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present Ronald Hutton
  16. All The Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr
  17. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer
  18. Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War Karen Abbott
  19. Golden Handcuffs: The Secret History of Trump's Women Nina Burleigh
  20. We Set the Dark on Fire Tehlor Kay Mejia
  21. The Underground Railroad: LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 Colson Whitehead
  22. My Dark Vanessa: A Novel Kate Elizabeth Russell
  23. The Dutch House: A Novel Ann Patchett
  24. A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid From the Taliban in Plain Sight Maria Toorpakai
  25. Crying in H Mart: The Number One New York Times Bestseller Michelle Zauner
  26. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Roxane Gay
  27. Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit John E. Douglas
  28. Sea of Tranquility Emily St. John Mandel
  29. The Removed: A Novel Brandon Hobson
  30. Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now Philip Wang
  31. Wish You Well: An Emotional but Uplifting Historical Fiction Novel David Baldacci
  32. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires Grady Hendrix
  33. Me: Elton John Official Autobiography Elton John
  34. The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood
  35. The Confession: A Richard and Judy Book Club Pick Jessie Burton
  36. Her Body and Other Parties Carmen Maria Machado
  37. The Silk Weaver Liz Trenow
  38. The Dressmaker of Draper's Lane: An Evocative Historical Novel From the Author of The Silk Weaver Liz Trenow
  39. The Other Bennet Sister Janice Hadlow