02546cam a2200337 4500 867090363 TxAuBib 20230621120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9798350802436 f23bef07-659e-40a6-8437-355d96098e84 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9677808 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Bulik, Mark. Ambush at Central Park [Libby Audiobook] : When the IRA Came to New York. Tantor Media, Inc., 2023. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 181MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 181MB. Espionage True Accounts. espionage biography. history of Ireland. In 1922, three of the Irish Republican Army's top gunmen arrived in New York City seeking ven­geance. Their target: "Cruxy" O'Connor, a young Irishman who kept switching sides as revolution swept his country in the wake of World War I. Cruxy's last betrayal dealt a blow to Ireland's struggle for independence: six of his IRA comrades were killed when he told police the location of their safe house. A year later, the IRA gunned him down before a crowd of horrified New Yorkers. Based primarily on first-hand accounts, most of them never before published, Ambush at Central Park is a cinematic exploration of the enigma of "Cruxy" O'Connor. Author Mark Bulik delved through Irish government archives, newspaper accounts, census data, and unpublished material from the families of the main actors. Together they add to the story of a rebel ambush, a deadly police raid, a dinner laced with poison, a daring prison break, a boatload of tommy guns, an unlikely pair of spies who fall in love, and an assassination plot against the British cabinet. Here is a forgotten chapter of Irish and New York history: the story of the only officially authorized IRA attack on American soil. Contains mature themes. Biography & Autobiography. True Crime. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-06-21 20:00:02. Richards, Joel. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f23bef07-659e-40a6-8437-355d96098e84&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f23bef07-659e-40a6-8437-355d96098e84&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)