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Daniel Cassidy

Daniel Cassidy's book, How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroad, received the American Book Award in 2007. He is a professor at New College of California in San Francisco.

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In Search of Irish America

Wed. March 26th, 2008 6:00 PM

Peter Quinn (Looking for Jimmy), Daniel Cassidy (How the Irish Invented Slang), Dan Barry (Pull Me Up), Maureen Dezell (Irish America: Coming into Clover), and T. J. English (Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster).

Sponsored by The Daily Progress and UVa Bookstore.
Moderator: Peter Quinn

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UVa Culbreth Theatre
109 Culbreth Road
(434)924-3376
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