![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() McCann is a master of the braided novel, where past and present intertwine with multiple protagonists. Then along comes Colum McCann, who tosses them into a book, adds a bunch of fiction, and suddenly Douglass, Mitchell, Alcock and Brown are flesh of the same body, telling us a story. Mitchell, the former senator from Maine, repeatedly crisscrossed the ocean - New York, Belfast, New York, Belfast - to steer the Northern Ireland peace process on behalf of President Clinton.Īll three events are part of the historical record but don't have much in common otherwise - a continent, an island, an ocean. About 75 years later, two airmen, Jack Alcock and Teddy Brown, performed the first nonstop trans-Atlantic flight, flying 16 hours from Newfoundland to land in an Irish bog. In 1845, Frederick Douglass sailed to Ireland on a speaking tour to raise money for the abolitionist cause back home. ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title TransAtlantic Author Colum McCann ![]()
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