Author : Kevin Kenny
Release : 1998
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 311/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Making Sense of the Molly Maguires by : Kevin Kenny
Download or read book Making Sense of the Molly Maguires written by Kevin Kenny. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of 20 Irish immigrants, suspected of comprising a secret terrorist organization called the "Molly Maguires", were executed in Pennsylvania in the 1870s for the murder of 16 men. This work offers a new interpretation of their dramatic story, tracing the origins of the Molly Maguires to Ireland and explaining the growth of a particular structure of meaning.