TransAtlantic /
by Colum McCann.
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Summary: | Newfoundland, 1919: Two aviators set course for Ireland as they attempt the first nonstop transatlantic flight in a modified bomber. Dublin 1845-846: On an international lecture tour, Frederick Douglass finds the Irish people sympathetic to the abolitionist cause. New York, 1998: Senator George Mitchell departs for Belfast to shepherd Northern Ireland's volatile peace talks. These three iconic crossings are connected by a series of remarkable women. |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury,
2013.
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Notes: | Physical description: 298 pages ; 24 cm |
ISBN: | 9781408829370 (hardback) 9781408841266 (paperback) |