Review: The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero

The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero by Timothy Egan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is an amazing story of Irish, American, and Irish-American history made all the better by the Irish-inflection in the hearing as it is narrated By Gerard Doyle. The arc of Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 to imprisonment in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) to escape to America to becoming commander on the Union side within the 69th Infantry Regiment (New York) during the civil war and then holding the Territorial governorship of Montana! Wow. Apparently, this bright light was assassinated before Montana statehood could carry him to even more accomplishments such as Senator, etc. Epic mini-series, anyone?

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