Discover Cahey&rsquo\;s story - His love o f Ireland had always been his saving grace&mdash\;but now has become his g reatest hindrance. So much has been taken from Cahey: his family\, farm\, education\, and the love of his life. Still\, there&rsquo\;s one thing the y can&rsquo\;t take away: his remarkable ability to understand horses.
\nFollow his journey - Leaving behind his friends and a thriving busine ss in Galway\, Cahey embarks on a journey to New York and struggles to fin d his way. He quickly discovers he is not alone. He bands with other Irish \, Scottish\, and French immigrants to build a life away from everything h e once loved.
\nCan he overcome his obstacles? Being Irish creates m any problems\, even in New York. Finding out how severe those problems are could change his life forever. His fear is&mdash\;can his survival skills and love of horses be enough to become the most sought-after horse traine r at the Vanderbilt American Horse Exchange in 1901? \;
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\n< p style="text-align: center\;">Books will be available for purchase and si gning. \;\nLeara Rhodes previously wor
ked as a journalist\, technical writer\, and editor of the alternative new
spaper\, Creative Loafing. She received her master&rsquo\;s degre
e and doctorate from Temple University and taught at both the University o
f South Carolina in Columbia and as an Associate Professor Emerita of Jour
nalism and International Communication from the Grady College of Journalis
m and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. During her academic
career\, she was awarded a Fulbright to Haiti. In 1999\, Leara was induct
ed into the Georgia Magazine Hall of Fame\, the first educator in Georgia
to be invited. Her first historical novel\, Spancil Hill\, was pu
blished in April 2024 by Old Fort Press in Savannah. The second novel\,