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A Letter Home
Manage episode 447900436 series 2281709
Over the centuries, millions of people emigrated from the island of Ireland to the United States. Every one of those people left someone behind as they went to find a better life in a new land. The only way to stay in touch with family and friends was through a letter home and millions were written and sent back and forth over time. Now a new archive reveals the stories of these Irish emigrants , their loves losses lives and deaths in search of a new life, from the silver mines of Colorado to Jazz age Hollywood via head-hunters in the Amazon forest.
Narrated and produced by Tim Desmond (2024)
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2263 episodes
Manage episode 447900436 series 2281709
Over the centuries, millions of people emigrated from the island of Ireland to the United States. Every one of those people left someone behind as they went to find a better life in a new land. The only way to stay in touch with family and friends was through a letter home and millions were written and sent back and forth over time. Now a new archive reveals the stories of these Irish emigrants , their loves losses lives and deaths in search of a new life, from the silver mines of Colorado to Jazz age Hollywood via head-hunters in the Amazon forest.
Narrated and produced by Tim Desmond (2024)
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2263 episodes
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