Greenpoint Doughboy
Product Code:
9780692820230
ISBN13:
9780692820230
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New
$12.63
When Irish immigrant Alex McKay is interviewed by a reporter in 1911, McKay cheerfully relates that America has given his family everything. This historical novel, based on a true story during WW1, shows how the McKay's of Greenpoint, Brooklyn stood tall with America and paid the ultimate price of citizenship. Greenpoint Doughboy, written by McKay descendent Peter McHale, shows you the many sacrifices Alex, his wife, and their four children make during World War I. The Great War rages in Europe, and the McKays are all eager to do their part. Alex's son John McKay, at the age of twenty-one, joins the Fighting Irish Sixty-Ninth Infantry Regiment of New York City. During basic training in Manhattan, John befriends Dick O'Neil, a young man with a bright future, and Daniel Buckley, an Irish soldier with a tragic past. The three will face enormous challenges as they cross the Atlantic and join the fighting in Lorraine. Not everyone will make it out alive. McHale takes you from the bustle and vibrant city life in the Brooklyn Irish community to the muck- and death-filled trenches of France. His story paints a vivid portrait of one family's loyalty and love.
| Author: Peter McHale |
| Publisher: Peter Mchale |
| Publication Date: Feb 22, 2017 |
| Number of Pages: 298 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 069282023X |
| ISBN-13: 9780692820230 |
Greenpoint Doughboy
$12.63
When Irish immigrant Alex McKay is interviewed by a reporter in 1911, McKay cheerfully relates that America has given his family everything. This historical novel, based on a true story during WW1, shows how the McKay's of Greenpoint, Brooklyn stood tall with America and paid the ultimate price of citizenship. Greenpoint Doughboy, written by McKay descendent Peter McHale, shows you the many sacrifices Alex, his wife, and their four children make during World War I. The Great War rages in Europe, and the McKays are all eager to do their part. Alex's son John McKay, at the age of twenty-one, joins the Fighting Irish Sixty-Ninth Infantry Regiment of New York City. During basic training in Manhattan, John befriends Dick O'Neil, a young man with a bright future, and Daniel Buckley, an Irish soldier with a tragic past. The three will face enormous challenges as they cross the Atlantic and join the fighting in Lorraine. Not everyone will make it out alive. McHale takes you from the bustle and vibrant city life in the Brooklyn Irish community to the muck- and death-filled trenches of France. His story paints a vivid portrait of one family's loyalty and love.
| Author: Peter McHale |
| Publisher: Peter Mchale |
| Publication Date: Feb 22, 2017 |
| Number of Pages: 298 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 069282023X |
| ISBN-13: 9780692820230 |
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