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The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan

A Novel of the Civil War

The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan( )
Author: Armstrong, Jennifer
ISBN:978-0-679-88152-0
Publication Date:Sep 1996
Publisher:Random House Children's Books
Imprint:Knopf Books for Young Readers
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $18.00
Book Description:

A haunting novel that weaves together its narrator's dreams, Irish legend, and the pivotal events of the American Civil War, The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan portrays a family of Irish immigrants struggling to find its identity in the new world, and a nation struggling to be born anew out of the carnage of war. Mairhe Mehan is sixteen, a resident of Swampoodle, Washington D.C.'s Irish slum. Here brother Mike, a laborer building the new dome of the U.S. Capitol, suddenly enlists as a...
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Book Details
Pages:119
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Places / United States
Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.71 x 8.52 x 0.66 Inches
Book Weight:0.6 Pounds
Author Biography
Armstrong, Jennifer (Author)
Jennifer Armstrong, a noted author of historical fiction, including "Black-Eyed Susan" & "The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan", lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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