Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Ambush at Central Park: When the IRA Came to New York

Længde
6T 35M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

True Crime

In 1922, three of the Irish Republican Army's top gunmen arrived in New York City seeking ven­geance. Their target: "Cruxy" O'Connor, a young Irishman who kept switching sides as revolution swept his country in the wake of World War I. Cruxy's last betrayal dealt a blow to Ireland's struggle for independence: six of his IRA comrades were killed when he told police the location of their safe house. A year later, the IRA gunned him down before a crowd of horrified New Yorkers.

Based primarily on first-hand accounts, most of them never before published, Ambush at Central Park is a cinematic exploration of the enigma of "Cruxy" O'Connor.

Author Mark Bulik delved through Irish government archives, newspaper accounts, census data, and unpublished material from the families of the main actors. Together they add to the story of a rebel ambush, a deadly police raid, a dinner laced with poison, a daring prison break, a boatload of tommy guns, an unlikely pair of spies who fall in love, and an assassination plot against the British cabinet.

Here is a forgotten chapter of Irish and New York history: the story of the only officially authorized IRA attack on American soil.

Contains mature themes.

© 2023 Tantor Media (Lydbog): 9798350802429

Release date

Lydbog: 9. maj 2023

Andre kan også lide...

  1. From Bataan to Freedom: The World War II Odyssey of Errett Louis Lujan Through the Death March and Five Japanese POW Camps Judy Reed
  2. The Greek Connection: The Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate James H. Barron
  3. Churchill's German Special Forces: The Elite Refugee Troops who took the War to Hitler Paul Moorcraft
  4. Helicopter Heroine: Valérie André - Surgeon, Pioneer Rescue Pilot, and Her Courage Under Fire Charles Morgan Evans
  5. The Kennedy Withdrawal: Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam Marc J. Selverstone
  6. Stories From the Secret War: CIA Special Ops in Laos Terrence M. Burke
  7. My Boy Jack?: The Search for Kipling's Only Son Tonie Holt
  8. The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance Thomas B. Buell
  9. Dauntless Alan Evans
  10. Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography Jack Hurst
  11. The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. USMC (Ret).
  12. Like No Other Soldier: The Shadowy World of Security, Protection and Surveillance Rob Lewis
  13. Americans in a World at War: Intimate Histories from the Crash of Pan Am's Yankee Clipper Brooke L. Blower
  14. H.M.S. Illustrious James Barrington
  15. Blood Is Thicker than War: Brothers and Sisters on the Front Lines Martin King
  16. Patton's Shadow: The Making of a Hero in Modern Memory Nathan C. Jones
  17. Escape of the Amethyst C.E. Lucas Phillips
  18. Arapaho Larry Jeram-Croft
  19. J. Edgar Hoover and Allen Dulles: The History of 20th Century America’s Most Controversial FBI and CIA Directors Charles River Editors
  20. John Hancock: Merchant King and American Patriot Harlow Giles Unger
  21. Antietam: Military Accounts of the Bloodiest Battle in American History Wetware Media
  22. Spies, Saboteurs and Secret Missions of World War II Tony Matthews
  23. Uncertain Allies: General Joseph Stilwell and the China-Burma-India Theater Eric Setzekorn
  24. Policing the Second Amendment: Guns, Law Enforcement, and the Politics of Race Jennifer Carlson

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Prøv gratis