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How an Irish Immigrant Became Responsible for 57 Deaths in 19th-Century Malvern
However, a modern-day excavation of their mass grave in Malvern ... have detailed their findings in the book Massacre at Duffy’s Cut: Tragedy & Conspiracy on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Whitman, Emerson, and 19th Century Literary America
Walt Whitman's ego seemed impervious to criticism, and his self-promotion — writing anonymous reviews of his own book — suggests ... was renowned in his day as one of the pre-eminent thinkers ...
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How 19th-Century Guidebooks Shaped the Way Visitors Saw New York
"Wish You Were Here" at the Grolier Club explores two centuries of NYC tourism using guidebooks, postcards, and other ...
The Irish Times25d
The African Revolution: A History of the Long Nineteenth Century by Richard Reid – An erudite and informed work
This book, as Richard Reid explains at the outset ... and made possible the partition of the continent in the late 19th century – indeed, that in some cases, these internal changes actively ...
The Irish Times4d
An Irish Diary on the St Patrick’s Day riots in 19th-century Toronto
By the end of the 19th century almost ... celebration in more than a century. According to the Toronto Star, the city’s paper of record: “It was a grand day for the Irish and a proud one ...