On an alien shore / John Tully
- Bib ID:
- 8035307
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Tully, John A. (John Andrew), author
- Description:
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- Ormond, Victoria : Hybrid Publishers, 2019
- ©2019
- 189 pages ; 20 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781925736168 (paperback)
- 1925736164 (paperback)
- Invalid ISBN:
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- 9781925736298 (epub)
- 1925736296 (epub)
- Summary:
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This is the story of John Tully's great-great uncle Michael, who was hanged for murder more than a century ago. According to family lore, Michael was attacked in a pub - accused by his attacker because as an Irish immigrant he was taking work from locals. He pushed his assailant away but the man's head hit a cast iron mantelpiece and he expired. As an Irish Catholic immigrant during an economic depression at a time when anti-Irish prejudice was rampant, he never stood a chance of justice. The bare bones of the story are more or less 'true' but have been fleshed out using the author's imagination. Michael's family emigrated from County Donegal in Ireland to Tyneside in northern England sometime in the 1890s. They had planned to go to America but their ship never turned up in Cork. The title, On an Alien Shore, is taken from James Horsley's poem 'An Emigrant's Sigh'. Although these sad events took place long ago, the themes are very relevant today, with so many refugees, asylum seekers, 'economic migrants' and resurgent racism.
- Notes:
- NLApp83546
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- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2019
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