Dagger John : : Archbishop John Hughes and the Making of Irish America /

Dagger John : : Archbishop John Hughes and the Making of Irish America / / John Loughery.

Acclaimed biographer John Loughery tells the story of John Hughes, son of Ireland, friend of William Seward and James Buchanan, founder of St. John’s College (now Fordham University), builder of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, pioneer of parochial-school education, and American diplomat....

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Loughery, John,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (424 p.) :; 16 b&w halftones, 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps
  • Key
  • Prologue: To the Tuileries
  • 1 A Son of Ulster
  • 2 A Vocation
  • 3 Courting Controversy
  • 4 Confronting Gotham
  • 5 Who Shall Teach Our Children?
  • 6 “The Baal of Bigotry”
  • 7 War and Famine
  • 8 A Widening Stage
  • 9 The Church Militant
  • 10 Authority Challenged
  • 11 A New Cathedral
  • 12 A House Divided, a Church Divided
  • 13 Manhattan under Siege
  • Epilogue: Legacy
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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