The incredible life of Thomas Francis Meagher could be an American folktale. In The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author Timothy Egan tells the story of Meagher, who became a leader in the failed Irish Rebellion of 1848, escaped from a prison colony in Australia, fled to America, enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War, studied law and worked as a journalist and went on to become territorial governor of Montana. 

Event: Timothy Egan will be speaking at the American Irish Historical Society (991 Fifth Avenue) on March 7th at 6:30 p.m.