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""The Wind Bloweth"" is a novel written by Donn Byrne. It tells the story of a young Irishman named Michael Comyn who is forced to leave his homeland and emigrate to America. Michael dreams of making a better life for himself and his family, but he soon discovers that the reality of life in America is much harsher than he anticipated. He struggles to find work and make ends meet, all the while battling the loneliness and isolation of being so far from home. Along the way, Michael meets a variety of colorful characters, including a beautiful young woman named Mary who captures his heart. As he navigates the challenges of life in America, Michael must also come to terms with his own identity and what it means to be Irish in a foreign land. ""The Wind Bloweth"" is a moving and poignant tale of love, loss, and the search for belonging.1922. Seven chapters in the life of another fool sentimentalist, a story, magically told, touching all the chords of life. Donn Byrne tells a story of things as they were almost within the memory of living men, of some things that will be the same in the longest memory of men now living-of the days of the last of the clipper ships, and of a lad that sailed one, and the strange thing that was his life, and of the women who made the epochs in it. Contents: Dancing Town; The Wake at Ardee; The Mouth of Honey; The Wrestler from Aleppo; The Valley of the Black Pig; The Bold Fenian Men; and The Kingdom and the Power and the Glory. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.