| Description |
1 online resource (305 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; List of Plates; Maps; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE; Colonisers, Missioners, Traders and Cannon; CHAPTER TWO; Expulsion and Exeat: 1814-41; CHAPTER THREE; Mission and Mayhem: 1841-44; CHAPTER FOUR; Proyecto: 1844-45; CHAPTER FIVE; President Polk Reacts:1845; CHAPTER SIX; Ration Strength, Royal Navy: 1846; CHAPTER SEVEN; Contract: 1846; CHAPTER EIGHT; Demon Macnamara: 1846-48; CHAPTER NINE; 'New Irelands': 1848-52; CHAPTER TEN; Death and Requiem: 1852; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; PLATE SECTION |
| Summary |
The story of a maverick young priest from Co Clare whose audaciou bid to colonise much of California including the San Joaquin Valley with Irish families in the 1840s precipitated the Mexican-US War. Macnamara's Mexican project could have led to the founding of a 'New Ireland', but it was thwarted by President Polk whose forces seized California |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 19, 2014) |
| Subject |
Macnamara, Eugene, active 19th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Macnamara, Eugene, active 19th century fast |
| Subject |
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013481896 |
| ISBN |
9781908928757 |
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1908928751 |
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