The Life of Michael Davitt
With a History of the Rise and Development Of the Irish National Land League
By D. B. Cashman
FIRST EDITION
SCARCE
Michael Davitt (25 March 1846 - 30 May 1906) was an Irish republican activist for a variety of causes, especially Home Rule and land reform. Following an eviction when he was four years old, Davitt's family emigrated to England. He began his career as an organizer of the physical-force Irish Republican Brotherhood. Convicted of treason felony for arms trafficking in 1870, he served seven years in prison. Upon his release, Davitt pioneered the New Departure strategy of cooperation between the physical-force and constitutional wings of Irish nationalism on the issue of land reform. With Charles Stewart Parnell, he co-founded the Irish National Land League in 1879, in which capacity he enjoyed the peak of his influence before being jailed again in 1881. Davitt traveled widely, giving lectures around the world, supported himself through journalism, and served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) during the 1890s. When the party split over Parnell's divorce, Davitt joined the anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation. His Georgist views on the land question put him on the left-wing of Irish nationalism, and he was a vociferous advocate of alliance between the Radical faction of the Liberal Party and the IPP.
Publisher: Murphy and McCarthy Publishers, Boston
Copyright: 1881
CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Hardcover. This book is bound in brown embossed cloth with titles in bright gilt. Boards are lightly worn along edges and corners with slight fraying to the head and tail of the spine. There is some glue residue uncovers from when pieces of tape were removed. Rear hinge starting. There is a price sticker on front pastedown. the text block is crisp and clean. There is a portrait frontispiece of the author opposite the title page.
256 pages, 5" x 7.5"
LOC B2 S6
With a History of the Rise and Development Of the Irish National Land League
By D. B. Cashman
FIRST EDITION
SCARCE
Michael Davitt (25 March 1846 - 30 May 1906) was an Irish republican activist for a variety of causes, especially Home Rule and land reform. Following an eviction when he was four years old, Davitt's family emigrated to England. He began his career as an organizer of the physical-force Irish Republican Brotherhood. Convicted of treason felony for arms trafficking in 1870, he served seven years in prison. Upon his release, Davitt pioneered the New Departure strategy of cooperation between the physical-force and constitutional wings of Irish nationalism on the issue of land reform. With Charles Stewart Parnell, he co-founded the Irish National Land League in 1879, in which capacity he enjoyed the peak of his influence before being jailed again in 1881. Davitt traveled widely, giving lectures around the world, supported himself through journalism, and served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) during the 1890s. When the party split over Parnell's divorce, Davitt joined the anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation. His Georgist views on the land question put him on the left-wing of Irish nationalism, and he was a vociferous advocate of alliance between the Radical faction of the Liberal Party and the IPP.
Publisher: Murphy and McCarthy Publishers, Boston
Copyright: 1881
CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Hardcover. This book is bound in brown embossed cloth with titles in bright gilt. Boards are lightly worn along edges and corners with slight fraying to the head and tail of the spine. There is some glue residue uncovers from when pieces of tape were removed. Rear hinge starting. There is a price sticker on front pastedown. the text block is crisp and clean. There is a portrait frontispiece of the author opposite the title page.
256 pages, 5" x 7.5"
LOC B2 S6