Review of \u3ci\u3eBeyond the American Pale: The Irish in the West, 1845-1910\u3c/i\u3e by David M. Emmons

David Emmons\u27s book on the Butte Irish (1989) helped begin a scholarly reassessment and investigation of the Irish experience in America, expanding it well beyond East Coast Irish communities and a few others in the Midwest. It had a significant impact on other scholars, myself included. His new book, which deals with the Irish experience in the West, therefore, has been much anticipated. Beyond the American Pale will not disappoint those who have waited for Emmons\u27s take on the larger picture of the Irish in the West, although it may not be what many expect