Finley Peter Dunne & Mr. Dooley: the Chicago years 9780813113654

Table of contents :
Frontmatter
PREFACE (page ix)
1. CHICAGO BACKGROUNDS The Genesis of Mr. Dooley (page 1)
2. MR. DOOLEY IN BRIDGEPORT The Creation of a Community (page 37)
3. MR. DOOLEY IN BRIDGEPORT The Dissolution of a Community (page 67)
4. THE IRISH IN AMERICAN POLITICS The View from Archer Avenue (page 105)
5. CATHLEEN NI HOULIHAN IN CHICAGO Dunne & Irish-American Nationalism (page 139)
6. FROM BRIDGEPORT TO MANILA Mr. Dooley Becomes a National Sage (page 173)
7. CONCLUSION (page 217)
APPENDIX: An Annotated Chronology of Dunne's Dialect Pieces in the Chicago Evening Post (page 249)
NOTES (page 257)
INDEX (page 282)

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