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Extraordinary true stories of the Irish in America, their remarkable rise from urban poverty, and the powerful dynasties they engendered Author Stephen Birmingham, who chronicled the rise of Jewish immigrants to extraordinary wealth and success in "Our Crowd", now turns his attention to the Irish. Real Lace tells the colorful and fascinating true stories of America's most renowned Irish-Catholic families. Scions of courageous, driven, and resilient...
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Birmingham describes the lives of the rich and trendy who have lived at the Dakota, a New York apartment house erected in 1884. In chronicling the atmosphere of this elegant edifice, the building itself becomes an unforgettable major character. As he presents life within the building from the nineteenth century to the present, Birmingham also brings to life the New York social scene, the changing atmosphere in Central Park, the smell, and the judgments...
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