Frank Baillargeon

Ambitions; The Life and Love of John and Susannah Morrissey (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How does an impoverished and illiterate Irish Catholic immigrant rise from abject poverty and discrimination in mid-19th Century America to become America's boxing champion, a millionaire gambling entrepreneur, a twice-elected member of the United States Congress, and a twice-elected member of the New York State Senate?

The accomplishments of John Morrissey (1831-1878) are well-documented. What's missing is how? Certainly, luck, timing, resolve, and intelligence played key roles, but there was something else, something more powerful and motivating, that helped lift him, against all odds, to the pinnacle of success in sports, business, and politics during a time when hatred of Irish Catholics permeated American society. That something was the unlikely marriage to a young woman from a respected Protestant family, a recent graduate of Emma Willard's Troy Female Seminary, and a person with driving ambitions as powerful as her husband's.

In Ambitions, a three-book series of novels, the author teases Susannah Morrissey out of the shadows of John Morrissey's life and places her and her ambitions in the critical roles played in this extraordinary story of love and struggle, perseverance, and triumph.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Frank Writes History
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798986604008
• Artikelnr.: 65976453

Autorenporträt

Frank is a retired photo industry executive and industry consultant. He's a graduate of Hudson Valley Community College (A.A. Humanities), and the University of Rochester (B.A. American History).

Fran lives in Eagle, Idaho with his wife of 55 years.