The Sons of Molly Maguire: The Irish Roots of America's First Labor War - Paperback

by Mark Bulik (Author)

Traces the rise of the Molly Maguires from Ireland's devastating potato famine to the turbulent dawn of the American labor movement. With a heavy emphasis on the folk culture that underpinned the Mollies, the book documents the group's Civil War rebirth in Pennsylvania, and its lasting influence.

Author Biography

Mark Bulik is a senior editor at The New York Times. His most recent book is Ambush at Central Park: When the Irish Revolution Came to New York (Fordham University Press.)