Your Fondest Annie - Letters From Annie O''donnell to James P. Phelan 1901-1904

In 1898, O'Donnell, then 18, left her native County Galway for America, where she worked as a domestic servant. On the ship she befriended 22-year-old Phelan, a farmer from County Kilkenny on his way to join his uncle, a tile-setter in Indianapolis. Her subsequent letters to him reveal much about the experience of Irish immigrant women during the

Product details

• Authors: &apos, Annie donnell, O&apos, Annie O'Donnell, Annie O''donnell
• Assisted by: Maureen Murphy (Editor)
• Publisher: University College of Dublin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.06.2005
• EAN: 9781904558378
• ISBN: 978-1-904558-37-8
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Classics of Irish History; Classics of Irish History
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies