Books Tell You Why, Inc.

Very Good condition with rubbing and fraying to the board edges and an address sticker on the front free endpaper in a Very Good dust-jacket with some shelfwear and two vertical soil lines on the rear.

Dean Hughes' Children of the Promise tells the story of the Irish-American community in New York City during World War I. The Irish immigrants who came to New York in the late 1800s were a restless and ambitious people, and they were not content to live in the shadows of the city. They wanted to be part of the city's bustling economic and political life. The Irish-American community responded enthusiastically to the call to enlist in the military during World War I, and they served in disproportionate numbers. Hughes tells the story of these immigrants and their families, showing the difficulties and sacrifices they made in the name of patriotism.; Vol. 1; 8vo ; 500 pages.

Price: $50.00