And They Never Looked Back

A FAMILY STORY OF LOVE, LIFE, AND EMIGRATION Leaving the midlands of Ireland, they crossed the Atlantic to New York before travelling up the Erie Canal and crossing the Great Lakes in the autumn of 1873. They settled in the small pioneering town of Escanaba in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Anna is the last lonely American survivor of a large and loving family. One day she discovers amongst her mother's papers letters that travelled from Ireland. She recorded her family's pioneering story for poste