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The Irish Boer
The Irish Boer
The Irish Boer
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Arthur O'Driscoll is the older brother of Frances who nursed British troops during the Boer War. This is the companion book to An Irish Nurse in Africa and deals with the war from the point of view of the Orange Free State. O'Driscoll leads a Boer commando and later is able to use his ability to imitate British accents to become a Boer spy.

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PublisherBrian Ross
Release dateSep 16, 2011
ISBN9781466150393
The Irish Boer
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Brian Ross

Brian Ross is one of America’s most respected and honored journalists. As ABC News’ Chief Investigative Correspondent, he has earned a reputation for holding the powerful accountable with investigations into financial corruption, human rights abuses, and government failures. His reports have put the guilty in prison and helped free the innocent. In addition to his groundbreaking findings on the Bernard Madoff Pinzi scheme scandal, Ross has helped to expose the cover-up of sexual abuse of Peace Corps volunteers, the CIA’s use of torture and its secret prisons, the unjust denial of black lung benefits to American coal miners, the use of child labor by major American retailers in Bangladesh, and a long list of scandals that have shaken the political world in Washington. The winner of virtually every major journalism award many times over, Ross has worked at ABC News since 1994 and before that held a similar position at NBC News. He lives in New York.

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