THE IMMORTAL IRISHMAN

The epic story of an Irish rebel turned American hero who shaped history on a global scale, including as a fighter for slaves' freedom in all the iconic battles of the American Civil War.

From the tiny island nation that produced the poetry of Yeats and folk music played with a lamb’s bladder comes the story of an Irishman who shaped history on three continents – Thomas Francis Meagher. Through his life, we see the entire experience of the Irish in America: from famine and revolution at home, to fame and a measure of belonging in New York and the American West. With its improbable twists, turns and breaks, Meagher’s story is like a Victor Hugo novel.

TIMOTHY EGAN is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter and the author of seven books, most recently Short Nights of the Shawdow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis. His previous books include The Worst Hard Time, which won a National Book Award and was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America, a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award and the Washington State Book Award. He is an online op-ed columnist for the New York Times, writing his "Opinionator" feature once a week. He is a third-generation Westerner and lives in Seattle.