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Chief o'Neill's Sketchy Recollections of an Eventful Life in Chicago

Chief o'Neill's Sketchy Recollections of an Eventful Life in Chicago( )
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
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $28.95
Book 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...
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Book Details
Pages:336
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Law Enforcement
Biography & Autobiography / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.125 x 9.25 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:1.52 Pounds



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