ISBN: 9780995110786 - true to ireland (3 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. "Irish men and women came to New Zealand in the 1930s to seek a better life, many carrying bitter memories of atrocities committed by the British. With WWII came the threat of conscription, but many Irish refused to betray their neutral homeland to fight for New Zealand and, by default, Britain. Peter Burke's father was one of the Sons of Eire - men who risked imprisonment and deportation by standing up to the New Zealand Government and appealing the draft in a dramatic case that paved the way for others. "--Back cover. 270 pages.…

Soft Covers. Condición: Very Good. None. First Edition. 24 cm, 270 pp, map, b&w (and some colour) photo illus, soft covers. VG copy. Irish men and women came to New Zealand in the 1930s to seek a better life, many carrying bitter memories of atrocities committed by the British. With WWII came the threat of conscription, but many Irish refused to betray their neutral homeland to fight for New Zealand and, by default, Britain. Peter Burke's father was one of the Sons of Eire - men who risked imprisonment and deportation by standing up to the New Zealand Government and appealing the draft in a dramatic case that paved the way for others, --Back cover.…

Soft Covers. Condición: Very Good. None. First Edition. 24 cm, 270 pp, map, b&w (and some colour) photo illus, soft covers. Author-signed gift inscription to half title. VG copy. Irish men and women came to New Zealand in the 1930s to seek a better life, many carrying bitter memories of atrocities committed by the British. With WWII came the threat of conscription, but many Irish refused to betray their neutral homeland to fight for New Zealand and, by default, Britain. Peter Burke's father was one of the Sons of Eire - men who risked imprisonment and deportation by standing up to the New Zealand Government and appealing the draft in a dramatic case that paved the way for others, --Back cover. Signed by Author(s).…