Thomas D'Arcy McGee : Volume 1 - Passion, reason and politics, 1825-1857. Volume I. Passion, reason and politics, 1825-1857

A brilliant writer, outstanding orator, and charismatic politician, McGee is best known for his prominent role in Irish-Canadian politics, and his assassination by an Irish revolutionary who accused him of betraying his earlier Irish nationalist principles. A brilliant writer, outstanding orator, and charismatic politician, Thomas D'Arcy McGee is best known for his prominent role in Irish-Canadian politics, his inspirational speeches in support of Canadian Confederation, and his assassination by an Irish revolutionary who accused him of betraying his earlier Irish nationalist principles. A brilliant writer, outstanding orator, and charismatic politician, Thomas D'Arcy McGee is best known for his prominent role in Irish-Canadian politics, his inspirational speeches in support of Canadian Confederation, and his assassination by an Irish revolutionary who accused him of betraying his earlier Irish nationalist principles. Thomas D'Arcy McGee, the first volume in a two-part biography, explores the development of those principles in Ireland and the United States. David Wilson follows McGee from Wexford, Ireland across the Atlantic to Boston, where at nineteen he became the editor of America's leading Irish newspaper, and traces his subsequent involvement with the Young Ireland movement, his reactions to the Famine, and his role in the Rising of 1848. Wilson goes on to examine McGee's experiences as a political refugee in the United States, where his increasing disillusionment with revolutionary Irish nationalism and his opposition to American nativism propelled him towards conservative Catholicism and sent him on a trajectory that ultimately led to Canada - his experiences are the subject of volume 2, Thomas D'Arcy McGee: The Extreme Moderate, 1857-1868. Contents Illustrations Introduction McGee Family Tree 1 Day and Night Are the Whole World PART ONE: IRELAND, THE UNITED STATES 2 One of the Macs: April 1825 – April 1844 3 Lessons of Democracy: April 1844 – May 1845 PART TWO: IRELAND 4 The Double Curse of Famine and Dissension: May 1845 – December 1846 5 An Incessant Defensive Struggle: January – July 1847 6 The Golden Link: July – December 1847 7 A General European Explosion: January – May 1848 8 A False Sense of Honour: June – September 1848 PART THREE: THE UNITED STATES 9 A Traitor to the British Government: October 1848 – May 1849 10 Modified Moral Force: May 1849 – July 1850 11 An Unequivocal Catholic Spirit: August 1850 – June 1852 12 The Revolution of Antichrist: July 1852 – May 1853 13 A More Troubled Prospect: June 1853 – December 1854 14 A Rather Isolated Position: January 1855 – April 1857 Notes Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Thomas D'Arcy McGee is best known for his prominent role in Irish-Canadian politics and his assassination by an Irish revolutionary who accused him of betraying his earlier Irish nationalist principles. This book is the first volume in a two-part biography that explores the development of those principles in Ireland and the United States.