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Feb 5, 2008 · Looking for Jimmy: A Search for Irish America. Paperback – February 5, 2008. by Peter Quinn (Author) 4.4 60 ratings. See all formats and editions. In Quinn’s hands, the Irish stereotype of “Paddy” gives way to an image of “Jimmy”―an archetypal Irish-American (a composite of Jimmy Cagney and Jimmy Walker) who comes to life as a ...
Feb 15, 2007 · 3.94. 81 ratings16 reviews. An evocative portrait of the Irish in America draws on the author's investigation into his own past and those of thousands of immigrants whose culture and values have played an important role in American society, redefining the Irish-American image that has transformed American politics, street culture, religion, and ...
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Mar 22, 2022 · His 1994 novel "Banished Children of Eve" (Viking/Penguin) won a 1995 American Book Award. His second novel, "Hour of the Cat" (Overlook), set in Berlin and New York on the eve of WWII, was published in June 2005. "Looking for Jimmy: In Search of Irish America" (Overlook), a collection of non-fiction pieces, was published in February 2007.
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Mar 22, 2022 · He is the author of Banished Children of Eve, American Book Award winner; Looking for Jimmy: In Search of Irish America; and a trilogy of historical detective novels— Hour of the Cat, The Man Who Never Returned, and Dry Bones. In this stunning work chronicling the author’s exploration of his own past—and the lives of many hundreds of ...
May 21, 2021 · 283 pages : 24 cm "In this collection of writings chronicling Quinn's exploration of his own past - and the lives of the hundreds of thousands of nameless immigrants that struggled alongside his own ancestors - "Paddy" the caricature gives way to an image of "Jimmy, "--An archetypal Irish-American (a composite of Jimmy Cagney and Jimmy Walker) who comes to life as the fast-talking, tough-yet ...
Looking for Jimmy: A Search for Irish America. Peter Quinn. ABRAMS, Feb 5, 2008 - Literary Collections - 288 pages. “ [An] exceptionally thoughtful and interesting inquiry into Irish America . . . More a meditation than a history” from the acclaimed author of Dry Bones (The Washington Post). In the hands of historical novelist and ...
