Blog #78; A New Family Saga from Chris McClelland on Vella

The story of an American family, and its founder and patriarch, James R. We follow James and his fellow Irish immigrants from the blight torn hills of the Emerald Isle to the land of promise, the United States of America. There, James and his compatriots find the land of milk and honey often sour and bitter as well as sweet. Still, James pours blood, sweat and viscera into the building of his new nation, constructing the Erie Canal, and later fighting on the killing fields of Gettysburg.

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