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An undated 1980's Anvil Press reprint of the original 1946 edition of Captain Boycott by Philip Rooney- subtitled 'The man whose name gave a dreaded word to the English language in the stormy days of the Land League'
Moderate tanning to page block, binding is solid.
1880. Ireland was being bled by the selfishness of its absentee landlords and the iron clutch of British rule. Against this background, the tenants of Captain Boycott fought a bloodless revolution on the shores of Lough Mask, in County Mayo. Local acivists forged a weapon that would strike terror into the heart of any man that levied an unjust rent, or who seized a farm from which his neighbor had been unjustly evicted. That weapon was ostracism and isolation. This is the story of the man whose name gave a dreaded word to the English language in the stormy days of the Land League. ( from the blurb)
