Mining Irish-American Lives : Western Communities from 1849 to 1920 /

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"Mining Irish-American Lives uses previously uncovered sources--emigrant letters, hospital log books, private detective reports, and internment records--to tell the stories of Irish men and women who emigrated to mining towns, investigating their lives through the prism of their own experiences...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Noonan, Alan J. M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Irish
Published: Louisville, CO : University Press of Colorado, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Gold mines and mining > West (U.S.)
Hard rock mines and mining > West (U.S.)
Irish American copper miners > West (U.S.) > Sources.
Irish Americans > West (U.S.) > History > Sources.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Varied hues of green
  • Digging lumps of gold
  • Mirages in the desert
  • Mollies in the mountains
  • In search of respect
  • Oro y cobre, gold and copper.

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