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The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut: The Irish Who Died Building America's Most Dangerous
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The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut: The Irish Who Died Building America's Most Dangerous Stretch of Railroad Hard cover - 2006

by William E. Watson

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; In 1832, 57 Irish Catholic workers were brought to the United States to lay one of the most difficult miles of American railway, Duffy's Cut of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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  • Title The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut: The Irish Who Died Building America's Most Dangerous Stretch of Railroad
  • Author William E. Watson
  • Binding Hard Cover
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Condition New
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Praeger, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
  • Date 2006-07-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780275987275_pod
  • ISBN 9780275987275 / 0275987272
  • Weight 1.17 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.75 x 6.5 x 0.99 in (24.77 x 16.51 x 2.51 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Ethnic Orientation: Irish
    • Geographic Orientation: Pennsylvania
  • Library of Congress subjects Irish Americans - Pennsylvania - Malvern, Duffy's Cut Site (Malvern, Pa.)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006008916
  • Dewey Decimal Code 974.813

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2006, Page 76

About the author

William E. Watson is associate professor and chair of history at Immaculata College in Pennsylvania. He is the author of Tricolor and Crescent (Praeger, 2003) and The Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union (Greenwood, 1998).

J. Francis Watson has a PhD in historical theology and is a Lutheran clergyman and ecclesiastical archivist in New Jersey. His articles on religious history have appeared in various journals.

John H. Ahtes III is assistant professor of history, Immaculata College. He has published in Irish Review.

Earl H. Schandelmeier III received his BA in history from Immaculata University, where he served as history department assistant. He teaches history in Maryland. He worked for many years in business, including as a consultant for Toyota Motor Production Systems, and also as an operations manager.

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