John D. Feerick’s rise, from child of Irish immigrants to the hallowed halls of Fordham Law School, is covered in his new book, reviewed here by Stephen Fearon. It is often remarked that although the overwhelming majority of Irish immigrants to America in the early 20th century were literate and fluent in the English language, very few of them recorded their life stories in … [Read more...] about That Further Shore: A Memoir of Irish Roots and American Promise
That Further Shore: A Memoir of Irish Roots and American Promise
By Stephen J. Fearon