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Your Fondest Annie: Letters from Annie O'Donnell to James P. Phelan

Your Fondest Annie: Letters from Annie O'Donnell to James P. Phelan 1901-1904 Paperback / softback - 2006

by Annie O'Donnell

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Paperback / softback. New. Annie O'Donnell left her native Galway for America in 1898, one of 15,175 Irish women who left that year; they far outnumbered the men, and most of them went into domestic service. She became friends with Jim Phelan on the ship to Philadelphia. He was a 22-year-old farmer from Co. Kilkenny who had run away from home during Sunday mass to join his uncle, a tilesetter in Indianapolis. Annie went to work as a children's nurse for the W. L. Mellon family of Pittsburgh. Her letters to Jim Phelan, published here for the first time, are a unique contribution to the growing literature on women's emigration: they provide a sustained three-year narrative of her life as a children's nurse. Annie O'Donnell had been well educated in Ireland and her letters are lively and enjoyable to read. Maureen Murphy has provided an introduction and notes to the letters. Annie O'Donnell (1880-1959) was born in Lippa, near Spiddal, Co. Galway. She emigrated to America in 1898, remaining there and marrying James P. Phelan. She lived in Pittsburgh until her death.
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  • Title Your Fondest Annie: Letters from Annie O'Donnell to James P. Phelan 1901-1904
  • Author Annie O'Donnell
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 154
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University College Dublin Press
  • Date March 15, 2006
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9781904558378
  • ISBN 9781904558378 / 1904558372
  • Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.36 x 4.96 x 0.5 in (18.69 x 12.60 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Ethnic Orientation: Irish
    • Geographic Orientation: Pennsylvania
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005432441
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 03/01/2006, Page 137
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2006, Page 77