Yours Faithfully, Florence Burke: An Irish Immigrant Story

by Ellen B. Alden

Overview

Irish immigrant Florence Burke has lived in Massachusetts for more than a decade but he's still a tenant farmer and his family lives in near-poverty. He came to America for a better life, but finds his adoptive country less than hospitable. Florence recognizes that owning land is the path to prosperity, but the bank won’t grant him a loan and he’s running out of options. 

An opportunity arises that could make his dreams come true, but it involves great personal risk to both himself and his family. He recalls the gamble he took when he fled the Potato Famine in Ireland, and wonders if he could make a gamble on his life one more time?  Will his wife and children understand his decision to join the war?

Yours Faithfully, Florence Burke is based on nineteen original letters from my great, great grandfather to his wife and children. It is a story of one Irish immigrant in a million struggling to make it in America at a time when the nation is divided. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937985950
Publisher:	Ellen Alden
Publication date:	04/15/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	570
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Ellen B. Alden is an author who began the journey of writing after discovering an old leather box filled with nineteen Civil War letters in her attic. The letters were written from her Irish immigrant great, great grandfather, to his wife and children at home in Western Massachusetts. Ever since that day Ellen has worked tirelessly to learn their story and bring it to life through this novel. She travelled to Ireland several times to meet with a local historian, to explore her ancestry and to research the Great Potato Famine. Ellen previously worked as an elementary school teacher and wine consultant. She resides in Andover, MA with her husband and three children.

Table of Contents

Dedication................iii

Foreword.................v
Contents
PART ONE
Chapter 1-6............2-78
PART TWO
Chapter 7-13.........80-124
PART THREE
Chapter 14-33..............126-343

Author's Note.........................344