"The Irish in St. Louis: From Shanty to Lace Curtain" Hardcover Book

Follow The Process of Becoming American! Title: The Irish in St. Louis: From Shanty to Lace CurtainAuthor: Patrick MurphySize: 11 x 9Binding: HardcoverPages: 192 It took a long time for St. Louis to embrace its Irish population to the point of throwing two annual St. Patrick’s Day parades. When the first waves of Famine Irish arrived on the landing, the city was appalled by their poverty. Anti-Catholic sentiment sparked bloody riots in which the Irish gave as good as they got. But after seven centuries of British occupation and a devastating famine, nothing would stop them from finding a place in their adopted city. The story of their assimilation is as complex and multi-faceted as the Irish character itself. The Irish in St. Louis introduces us to priests and gangsters, artists and revolutionaries, entrepreneurs and entertainers. It takes us to the rough and tumble neighborhoods of 19th century Kerry Patch and Dogtown, where immigrants and their children forged paths into the city’s m