Diane Helentjaris

Broschiertes Buch

The Indenture of Ivy O'Neill

Beschreibung

Not every immigrant sailed willingly to America... Ivy O'Neill's idyllic childhood ends in disaster in 1690 when red-coated soldiers cross the Celtic Sea to invade Ireland. English soldiers attack and burn her family home, and her baby brother is killed in the raid. The family flees their home and ends up living in an abandoned house. An unscrupulous English ship captain kidnaps Ivy and her brother Sean and takes them to Maryland colony in America, where they are sold into indentured servitude. Ivy must call upon all her wits and strength just to survive, first the perilous sea voyage and then in a land seething with anti-Catholic, anti-Irish prejudice, where she is falsely accused of murder. The Indenture of Ivy O'Neill is an immersive story of courage, the meaning of family, and the transformative power of immigration.

Autor

Diane Helentjaris, a native of Dayton, Ohio, spent the middle years of her career as a clinical physician and public health administrator before returning to her humanities roots. She earned her BA cum laude in Interdisciplinary Humanities and MD in Human Medicine from Michigan State University and her Masters in Public Health from the University of Michigan. She writes regularly, human interest stories for regional magazines, is the author of The Indenture of Ivy O'Neill, and often writes about overlooked, unsung lives. She lives in Leesburg, Virginia with her husband and son and two ridiculous miniature poodles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alkira Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781922329295
• ISBN-10: 1922329290
• Artikelnr.: 63764766