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The Fighters Thinkers and Artists Who Helped Build America. In the spirit of David McCulloughs Brave Companions, this anthology of popular American history presents the stories of nine incredible Irish immigrants as written by nine contemporary Irish Americans. Rosie ODonnell, for instance, the adoptive mother of five, tells the story of Margaret Haughery, known as Mother of the Orphans filmmaker and activist Michael Moore writes about the original muckraking journalist, Samuel McClure and celebrated actor Pierce Brosnan writes about silent film director Rex Ingram. Some of the figures profiled are well known, others have stories |