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The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan
The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan
Author: Jennifer Armstrong
A haunting novel that weaves together its narrator's dreams, Irish legend, and the pivotal events of the American Civil War, The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan portrays a family of Irish immigrants struggling to find its identity in the new world, and a nation struggling to be born anew out of the carnage of war. Mairhe Mehan is sixteen, a resident ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780606129251
ISBN-10: 0606129251
Publication Date: 8/1997
Pages: 119
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Demco Media
Book Type: Turtleback
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover
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Mairhe Mehan is a young Irish girl living in Washington, DC during the Civil War. Walt Whitman befriends and helps her when her beloved brother dies at Gettysburg and her father has a mental breakdown. This book and the second book, "Mary Mehan Awake" touched my heart.


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