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01969aam a2200313 i 4500 001 AB9B1E821EDC11E9BB2F664897128E48 003 SILO 005 20190123010028 007 n 008 181203s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1727020251 020 $a 9781727020250 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Buckley, Robert. 245 14 $a The saga of Martin Shannon / $c A novel by Robert Buckley. 264 1 $a San Bernardino : $b Irish Enterprises, $c 2018. 300 $a 249 pages ; $c 23 cm. 500 $a Fleeing Ireland to escape Englandâs iron-fisted rule in the mid-1800s, young Martin Shannon survives a rugged voyage to New York. Along the way he accepts responsibility for the fates of a 15-year-old girl and a bewitching seven-year-old orphan named Lily. Together they struggle to reach Dubuque, Iowa. Eventually Martin joins the Union Army and sets off to help free the world of slavery. After months of non-stop fighting, he finds himself in the deep south embroiled in the Battle of Spanish Fort, the last major battle of the Civil War. Severely wounded during the fight heâs left for dead on the battlefield as the Union forces sweep back north. Martinâs life takes on the challenge of survival as he finds himself under the care and protection of a loving family, a mysterious swamp doctor and her strange dog. After months of recuperation he sets off walking on a 900-mile journey north to find his way back home. 541 $d 20181203. 650 $a Immigrants $z New York $z New York $v Fiction. 650 $a Orphans $v Fiction. 650 $a Irish Americans $v Fiction. 650 $a Civil war $z United States $v Fiction. 651 $a Iowa $x History $y 19th century $v Fiction. 655 7 $a History $z United States $x Civil War Period (1850-1877) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l YGPC162 $d 20190123012053.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AB9B1E821EDC11E9BB2F664897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search