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    De Valera in America: The Rebel President’s 1919 Campaign.
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    De Valera in America: The Rebel President’s 1919 Campaign.

    By Dave Hannigan

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    Retraces the steps of an incredible journey of a leader in exile that would resonate through Irish history for the rest of the century ...

    In June 1919 Eamon de Valera stowed away on a liner bound for New York and walked into the Waldorf-Astoria using the title ‘President of Ireland’. He spent eighteen months billeted in the most expensive hotel in the world. From this luxurious base, de Valera criss-crossed America by plane, boat and train throughout 1919 and 1920, publicising his nation’s plight and raising more than $5 million for the cause of Irish independence.



    While the War of Independence raged back home, de Valera was supporting the cause with packed engagements from Madison Square Garden to San Francisco including a total audience of over a million people. Along the way he underwent a harsh and unforgiving political education that better equipped him to dominate Irish politics for decades.

    Offering a unique take on a familiar figure, and containing fascinating new information and photographs, this book details an intriguing and largely unknown episode in the career of Ireland’s most famous politician.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe O'Brien Press
    Release dateOct 4, 2012
    ISBN9781847175090
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    Dave Hannigan

    Dave Hannigan is a sports columnist with The Sunday Tribune, the Evening Echo and New York’s Irish Echo. He is the author of three previous books and is also an adjunct professor of history at Suffolk County Community College on Long Island.

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      With the exception of Patrick McCartan's "With De Valera in America", written in 1932, little has been written primarily on de Valera's sojourn in the US. T.P. Coogan's biography on de Valera devotes c.6 chapters to this topic and is highly critical for the most part. By contrast this book provides a much more open-minded and detailed account of his stay with the roles of the various protaganists explained in more detail. He also provides more clarificiation, that was needed, on the roles of James O'Mara, Sheila de Valera and both Patrick McCartan and Joseph McGarrity.