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The Promise of America

by Bill Stevens · 2011

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This gritty tale of Irish immigration follows our hero from the squalor and degradation of New York' s infamous Tenderloin in the 1880's to his realization of the Promise of America.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
immigrationimmigrationMore like thisLess of this
Setting
USAUSAMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 384 pages

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