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FROM: "Nadine B. Rosendale" <[removed]@carr.org>
REC'D: 5/15/01, 7:16 PM

I have a patron who read Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. She is now looking for an
historical fiction novel about Irish Americans and the conflict between
Catholics and Protestants. Any suggestions?

- Nadine

Nadine B. Rosendale
Adult Services Supervisor

Carroll County Public Library
Mount Airy Branch
410.386.4470 ext.406

"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island . . .
and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life." --Walt Disney

FROM: Vicki Biehl <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 5/15/01, 8:09 PM

Just a question to clarify--does the patron want
stories set in the United States that also relate to
the Catholic/Protestant issue?

Vicki Biehl
Pearl River Public Library


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FROM: Viccy Kemp <[removed]@cityofcarrollton.com>
REC'D: 5/16/01, 8:23 AM

My first suggestion would be Leon Uris' "Trinity." It's old, but it's the
first book I read that made me understand what all the fuss was about in
Northern Ireland.
HTH
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

-----Original Message-----
From: Nadine B. Rosendale [[removed]@carr.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 6:51 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Irish American Historical Fiction


I have a patron who read Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. She is now looking for an
historical fiction novel about Irish Americans and the conflict between
Catholics and Protestants. Any suggestions?

- Nadine

Nadine B. Rosendale
Adult Services Supervisor

Carroll County Public Library
Mount Airy Branch
410.386.4470 ext.406

"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure
Island . . .
and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life." --Walt
Disney

FROM: "Nadine B. Rosendale" <[removed]@carr.org>
REC'D: 5/16/01, 8:45 AM

United States or Ireland. I think she's open to anything on this issue.

- Nadine

>===== Original Message From "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
=====
>Just a question to clarify--does the patron want
>stories set in the United States that also relate to
>the Catholic/Protestant issue?
>
>Vicki Biehl
>Pearl River Public Library

FROM: Mary Van Dyke <[removed]@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 5/16/01, 10:50 AM

I enjoyed Seamus Deane's READING IN THE DARK which takes place in the late
40's-early fifties, but the narration also includes events which occurred
during the "troubles"--it's set in Northern Ireland which gives it a
different nuance than if it had been set in the Republic.

Also Roddy Doyle's A STAR CALLED HENRY (first of a proposed trilogy)
recounts the events of the Easter Rebellion and subsequent troubles.

My favorites are Thomas Flanagan's THE YEAR OF THE FRENCH(1798 uprising)
and TENANTS OF TIME.

Currently I'm enjoying the Sister Fidelma (late 7th cent)mysteries by
Peter Tremayne--also the Bartholomew Gill's McGarr mysteries(modern
Ireland) are good.

You might suggest Brian Moore or Dermot Healy.

Mary Van Dyke
Glenview (IL) Public Library

FROM: Deborah Roy <[removed]@skyenet.net>
REC'D: 6/1/01, 12:23 AM

Although not strictly historical fiction, Andrew Greeley's work has the underlying history
of the "Troubles" woven through it, both historical and modern. The main title that comes
to mind is RITE OF SPRING, and the "IRISH" titles do touch on this extensively, too, if
memory serves.

Deborah Roy
Huntington City-Township Public Library
Huntington, Indiana

"Nadine B. Rosendale" wrote:

> I have a patron who read Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. She is now looking for an
> historical fiction novel about Irish Americans and the conflict between
> Catholics and Protestants. Any suggestions?
>
> - Nadine
>
> Nadine B. Rosendale
> Adult Services Supervisor
>
> Carroll County Public Library
> Mount Airy Branch
> 410.386.4470 ext.406
>
> "There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island . . .
> and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life." --Walt Disney
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: Kay Mahoney <[removed]@tolland.org>
REC'D: 6/2/01, 10:11 AM

Here are some to consider: Trinity-Uris, An Excess of Love-Cathy Cash Spellman, 1921-Morgan
Llywelyn-Kay Mahoney, Tolland Library

-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Roy [[removed]@skyenet.net]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 1:28 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Irish American Historical Fiction

Although not strictly historical fiction, Andrew Greeley's work has the underlying history
of the "Troubles" woven through it, both historical and modern. The main title that comes
to mind is RITE OF SPRING, and the "IRISH" titles do touch on this extensively, too, if
memory serves.

Deborah Roy
Huntington City-Township Public Library
Huntington, Indiana

"Nadine B. Rosendale" wrote:

> I have a patron who read Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. She is now looking for an
> historical fiction novel about Irish Americans and the conflict between
> Catholics and Protestants. Any suggestions?
>
> - Nadine
>
> Nadine B. Rosendale
> Adult Services Supervisor
>
> Carroll County Public Library
> Mount Airy Branch
> 410.386.4470 ext.406
>
> "There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island . . .
> and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life." --Walt Disney
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

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