Grizzly Bookz
ISBN: 0-9747951-1-9
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In
1780 Dublin, Sean Brennan McKannah was born in a
tiny apartment near the docks. When Sean was thirteen,
a fire killed his family leaving him an impoverished
orphan. With nothing to keep him in Ireland, Sean
finds work on a ship headed by Captain Patrick Mullholland,
who likes the lad's courage. Eventually Sean
leaves his mentor to begin work as a trapper. His
partner Francisco "Frank: de Rivera Santiago"
make a go of it in the San Francisco area. Sean
marries Frank's sister Issabella "Bella".
They lovingly raise five sons and a daughter all
born between 1802 and 1807.
However, Sean and
Bella soon realize that their six children will
go their own way regardless of how much their parents
love them and want the best for them. Their journeys
have begun. Patrick and Broderick head east wanting
to become lawyers; Ian loves to gamble; Simon thinks
of joining the Texas Rangers; Jesse seeks solace
and salvation perhaps with an Indian tribe; and
finally Aleena struggles to find happiness.
THE MCKANNAHS is
a superb late eighteenth to mid nineteenth century
family saga that readers will fully enjoy. The key
players are an ensemble, but each has a distinct
personality that makes them seem very real and in
turn enables the audience to fully appreciate life
in Ireland and especially in North America. Though
the book may have been better off as seven novels
that would allow expansion of Sean's salad
days, Rick Magers provides a deep drama that vividly
brings to life a bygone period like few tales eve
do. Fans of epic historical novels will want to
travel with the McKannah brood...
Harriet Klausner
USA Book Reviewer
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