De Valera in America

The Rebel President’s 1919 Campaign.

Biography & Memoir, Political, Historical
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Author: Dave Hannigan ISBN: 9781847175090
Publisher: The O'Brien Press Publication: October 4, 2012
Imprint: The O'Brien Press Language: English
Author: Dave Hannigan
ISBN: 9781847175090
Publisher: The O'Brien Press
Publication: October 4, 2012
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
Language: English

Retraces the steps of an incredible journey of a leader in exile that would resonate through Irish history for the rest of the century ...

In June 1919 Eamon de Valera stowed away on a liner bound for New York and walked into the Waldorf-Astoria using the title ‘President of Ireland’. He spent eighteen months billeted in the most expensive hotel in the world. From this luxurious base, de Valera criss-crossed America by plane, boat and train throughout 1919 and 1920, publicising his nation’s plight and raising more than $5 million for the cause of Irish independence.

While the War of Independence raged back home, de Valera was supporting the cause with packed engagements from Madison Square Garden to San Francisco including a total audience of over a million people. Along the way he underwent a harsh and unforgiving political education that better equipped him to dominate Irish politics for decades.

Offering a unique take on a familiar figure, and containing fascinating new information and photographs, this book details an intriguing and largely unknown episode in the career of Ireland’s most famous politician.

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Retraces the steps of an incredible journey of a leader in exile that would resonate through Irish history for the rest of the century ...

In June 1919 Eamon de Valera stowed away on a liner bound for New York and walked into the Waldorf-Astoria using the title ‘President of Ireland’. He spent eighteen months billeted in the most expensive hotel in the world. From this luxurious base, de Valera criss-crossed America by plane, boat and train throughout 1919 and 1920, publicising his nation’s plight and raising more than $5 million for the cause of Irish independence.

While the War of Independence raged back home, de Valera was supporting the cause with packed engagements from Madison Square Garden to San Francisco including a total audience of over a million people. Along the way he underwent a harsh and unforgiving political education that better equipped him to dominate Irish politics for decades.

Offering a unique take on a familiar figure, and containing fascinating new information and photographs, this book details an intriguing and largely unknown episode in the career of Ireland’s most famous politician.

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