Kevin Kenny: 9 books

William Penn established Pennsylvania in 1682 as a "holy experiment" in which Europeans and Indians could live together in harmony. In this book, historian Kevin Kenny explains how this Peaceable Kingdom--benevolent, Quaker, pacifist--gradually disintegrated in the eighteenth century, with...

What does diaspora mean? Until quite recently, the word had a specific and restricted meaning, referring principally to the dispersal and exile of the Jews. But since the 1960s, the term diaspora has proliferated to a remarkable extent, to the point where it is now applied to migrants of almost every...

Twenty Irish immigrants, suspected of belonging to a secret terrorist organization called the Molly Maguires, were executed in Pennsylvania in the 1870s for the murder of sixteen men. Ever since, there has been enormous disagreement over who the Molly Maguires were, what they did, and why they did...

The American Irish: A History, is the first concise, general history of its subject in a generation. It provides a long-overdue synthesis of Irish-American history from the beginnings of emigration in the early eighteenth century to the present day. While most previous accounts of the subject have...

This account of professional golf during the Great Depression begins with a look at the “roaring 1920s” and how the game developed during this exciting decade. What a contrast to the Depression era—in which golf at all levels suffered but survived. The Depression years in general are covered...

So what would you do with all your money, fancy cars, big houses, jewelries, and your most prized possessions, when the earth’s surface will now be smelted by the fiery sun and will eat away the earth’s entire atmosphere, and vaporize this into nonexistence? Kevin knows this as early as...

A Note: Dear Gentle reader, thank you for downloading this eBook. In appreciation, would you please kindly make a review, as we hope to write better books in the future for you readers to enjoy. Thank you very much. - The Authors. Part 1 of the short-story series. UN Officer...

Part 2 of the short-story series. With just a couple of days before the upcoming UN budget committee hearing, Kevin is now threatened, coerced, and blackmailed, as his sister and girlfriend have been abducted.

Part 6 of the short-story series. The mountain survivors and their leader, Evan, join the Sound Beach community, where everything seems to be a paradise. Soon enough after their grand Sound Beach Community Center is built, Evan suspects a foul play that Carlos and Kyle are hiding from him.