April 12, 2024
ST PAUL Minnesota 1866 DALYS of DALYSTOWN by O'Brien
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ST PAUL Minnesota 1866 DALYS of DALYSTOWN by O'Brien Description A scarce Minnesota imprint, The Dalys of Dalystown. By Dillon O'Brien . St. Paul: Pioneer Printing Company, 1866. 8 x 5.5". 518 pages. Some small edge stains and other minor stains. Green cloth, worn at spine ends and joints weak, covers worn. Otherwise intact. Small private library bookplate inside the front of "John J. Daly, Jr.". A work of Irish fiction by O'Brien (1817-1882), an Irish immigrant who worked as a teacher among Indians in Michigan and Wisconsin before settling in St. Paul. He wrote The Dalys of Dalystown (1866), Dead Broke: A Western Tale (1873), Frank Blake (1876), and Widow Melville's Boarding House (1881). He also edited the Northwestern Chronicle , the Catholic paper of the Northwest. O'Brien lectured widely and wrote frequently on Minnesota's advantages for the immigrant. The Dalys of Dalystown tells the story of Henry Daly and his feud with the Anglo-Irish Browns, amicably settled after a duel in which Brown loses his hand. Set primary in Ireland, with an American interlude. Payment and Shipping PAYMENT TERMS: PayPal SHIPPING TERMS: Media mail inkfrog terapeak i000000
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