“They came from Ireland, the north mostly, all of them searching for a better life in America. In two months time, they crossed the Atlantic in a Newcastle Barque stuffed with the bodies of dreamers.” – Nona MacIntyre, The Men of Duffy’s Cut.
The John Stamp sails from Londonderry, Ireland, April 1832, carrying 160 souls, she arrives eight weeks later in the port of Philadelphia.
“Duffy’s Cut” also known as Mile 59, that stretch of the Pacific and Columbia Railway near Malvern, Pennsylvania.
Railway workers, Eastern Pennsylvania.
Ireland 1832: Thousands of Irish immigrants leave their homeland for American. Fleeing starvation, political and religious bias, these men and women seek refuge in the new world. Duffy’s Cut is only one such story of these brave immigrants. Based on real-life events, the mystery at Duffy’s Cut illuminates one of America’s most haunting legacies -- a legacy of bias, bigotry and persecution, and how it irreversibly marked lives of these heroic men and women.
Duffy's Cut: A Novel
Based on a true story
by Kelly Clark
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