Chief o'Neill's Sketchy Recollections of an Eventful Life in Chicago |
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Author:
| O'Neill, Francis |
Editor:
| Skerrett, Ellen Lesch, Mary |
Foreword by:
| Carolan, Nicholas |
ISBN: | 978-0-8101-2465-3 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2008 |
Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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This remarkable memoir of immigration and assimilation provides a rare view of urban life in Chicago in the late 1800s by a newcomer to the city and the Midwest, and the nation as well. Francis O'Neill left Ireland in 1865. After five years traveling the world as a sailor, he and his family settled in Chicago just shortly before the Great Fire of 1871. His memoir also brings to life the challenges involved in succeeding in a new land, providing for his family, and...
More Description This remarkable memoir of immigration and assimilation provides a rare view of urban life in Chicago in the late 1800s by a newcomer to the city and the Midwest, and the nation as well. Francis O'Neill left Ireland in 1865. After five years traveling the world as a sailor, he and his family settled in Chicago just shortly before the Great Fire of 1871. His memoir also brings to life the challenges involved in succeeding in a new land, providing for his family, and integrating into a new culture. Francis O'Neill serves as a fine documentarian of the Irish immigrant experience in Chicago.