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Bobby Sands: Freedom Fighter
Gerry Hunt
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Description for Bobby Sands: Freedom Fighter
Paperback. 'Bobby' Sands was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze. This graphic novel, the first of its kind, brings Bobby Sands' story to life in a whole new way. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJP; BGH; FXZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210. .
Bobby Sands was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. During his strike he was elected to the British Parliament as an Anti H-Block candidate. His death was followed by a new surge of Provisional IRA recruitment and activity. International media coverage brought attention to the hunger strikers, and the republican movement in general, attracting both praise and criticism. ... Read more
Bobby Sands was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. During his strike he was elected to the British Parliament as an Anti H-Block candidate. His death was followed by a new surge of Provisional IRA recruitment and activity. International media coverage brought attention to the hunger strikers, and the republican movement in general, attracting both praise and criticism. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
354g
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781847178152
SKU
9781847178152
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-3
About Gerry Hunt
Gerry Hunt worked for twenty-five years as an architect, eighteen of them with the IDA. In 1986 he left architecture and began drawing political cartoons. From this, he moved on to drawing entire comics ... his first, self-produced, comic was a rhyming, Spanish-language work that he gave away to friends. His book The Streets of Dublin was included in an ... Read more
Reviews for Bobby Sands: Freedom Fighter
Architect-turned-Cartoonist Hunt surveys Sands' life as an activist ... Buildings, streets, and furnishings are drawn with architect's assurance. Figures are blocky and simplified, reminiscent of historic radical political cartooning
Booklist a thoroughly engrossing read ... I've said it before when it comes to their line of Irish historical graphic novels but The O'Brien Press play an important part in ... Read more
Booklist a thoroughly engrossing read ... I've said it before when it comes to their line of Irish historical graphic novels but The O'Brien Press play an important part in ... Read more