Shannon, Ireland: Irish University Press, 1968. This is from the dustwrapper: " The Irish at Bunker Hill" is an important contribution to the literature of both the American Revolution and Irish-American genealogy. For over sixty years, Michael J O'Brien was dedicated to the cause of proving the importance of the Irish in colonial and revolutionary America. By searching through all available records and archives, he managed to refute the critics of the American Irish and established himself as an authority on Irish-American genealogy. This posthumous book, edited by Catherine R Sullivan from O'Brien's, original manuscript, contains a detailed introduction by A M Sullivan, historiographer of the American-Irish Historical Society." Illustrated endpapers, frontispiece plus one further plate. Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in illustrated dustwrapper.231 pages, 6 X 9.75 inches. A good book a bit bumped at the spine ends in a good dustwrapper with some edge wear and cellophane peeling here and there.. First Edition.

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Bookseller: Jacques Gander (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003579
Title: The Irish at Bunker Hill
Author: O'Brien, Michael J
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Irish University Press
Place of Publication: Shannon, Ireland
Date Published: 1968
Keywords: American Revolution ;

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