A Yankee in de Valera's Ireland: The Memoir of David Gray

by David Gray

David Gray has a divided legacy in Ireland. Born in Buffalo, New York, he was a journalist and playwright before he became a diplomat. He took up the post of US Minister to Ireland in 1940 following appointment by his wife's relation Franklin D. Roosevelt. His memoir of that year, 'Behind the Emerald Curtain', has been published by the Royal Irish Academy for the first time, with insightful annotations and a long introduction by Professor Paul Bew...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1908996056
• ISBN13: 9781908996053
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Royal Irish Academy
• Length: 300 Pages