William Barnaby Faherty (1914–2011)
Autore di Gateway to the Moon: Building the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex
Sull'Autore
William Barnaby Faherty is professor emeritus of history at St. Louis University and director of the Museum of the Western Jesuit Missions in Hazelwood, Missouri. He is the author of 25 books
Fonte dell'immagine: William Barnaby Faherty [credit: St. Louis Review]
Serie
Opere di William Barnaby Faherty
The Saint Louis portrait : a pictorial and entertaining commentary on the growth and development of Saint Louis,… (1978) 14 copie
Florida's Space Coast: The Impact of NASA on the Sunshine State (Florida History and Culture) (2002) 11 copie
A Gift to Glory In: The First Hundred Years of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1859-1959 (1989) 6 copie
Deep Roots & Golding Wings: One Hundred and Fifty Years with the Visitation Sisters in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis,… (1982) 3 copie
The Fourth Career of John B. Bannon: St. Louis Pastor, Southern Chaplain, Confederate Agent and Irish Jesuit Orator (1994) 3 copie
St. Louis - A Concise History 1 copia
Destiny of Modern Woman 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Faherty, William Barnaby
- Nome legale
- Faherty, William Barnaby
- Altri nomi
- Faherty, W. B.
Faherty, William Barby - Data di nascita
- 1914-12-17
- Data di morte
- 2011-08-22
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Luogo di morte
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Istruzione
- Jesuit Seminary, Florissant Missouri
St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri USA (PhD|History) - Attività lavorative
- Jesuit priest
professor
author
historian
archivist - Organizzazioni
- St. Louis University
Society of Jesus
Regis College
Utenti
Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 40
- Utenti
- 299
- Popolarità
- #78,483
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 34
Here is a litany of Irish surnames, some of them familiar from St. Louis landmarks and street names. Irish people who were influential in religion, education, literature, business, industry, politics, labor unions, sports, etc., plus women of distinction. The stories of Bryan Mullanphy on page 38 are heartwarming. A true St. Louis hero, along with fireman Phelim O'Toole. The names change as the city changes: immigration and growth, demographic and ethnic changes, new parishes and institutions. Two chapters cover St. Louis Irish responses to the Civil War. Others tell of Irish participation in the World’s Fair, the world wars, and the World Series.
This book may be useful in genealogy research. The map on page 57 shows which Catholic parishes were Irish, which German, and which French--valuable clues in tracking down church records.
A very Catholic book. One could argue that it has a pro-clerical bias, but that's the way it was with the Irish. Readable, though poorly edited. It covers all the obvious angles, from the eighteenth century to Mark McGwire's home run chase with Sammy Sosa. Illustrated with many historic photographs.… (altro)