Loretta A. Murphy

Ashland, Pennsylvania

United States

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Something About Me and My Book:
The Pipes Are Calling

The Pipes Are Calling is a novel of Schuylkill County and Ireland written by Girardville native, Loretta A. Murphy. It is a contemporary romance with a historical twist that involves the Mollie Maguires, a 19th century group of impoverished Irish immigrants struggling for labor rights against the rough backdrop of the Pennsylvania hard coal industry.

Woven between the present and the past in a story that spans more than a hundred years and the wide Atlantic Ocean, it tells the true tale of the Wiggans Patch Massacre that occurred in 1875 near Mahanoy City.



The Pipes Are Calling
ISBN 142414826X
http://www.freewebs.com/lorettamurphy

Available
Amazon.com and other online booksellers
Waldenbooks at the Fairlaine Village & Schuylkill Malls
Or ask your favorite bookseller to order into stock

Watch the trailers
YouTube 1 The Pipes Are Calling
YouTube 2 An Irish Author


Thank you for your support!
Website:
http://www.freewebs.com/lorettamurphy

Comment Wall:

  • Loretta A. Murphy

    Visit my Irish themed website at
    http://www.freewebs.com/lorettamurphy

    Aug 4, 2007

  • Loretta A. Murphy

    These are my two YouTube book trailers about my novel, The Pipes Are Calling. Why don't you visit you tube and leave me a comment?

    The first trailer is simply called The Pipes Are Calling.
    The second is An Irish Author:
    The Making of the Pipes Are Calling


    Aug 4, 2007

  • Shelagh Watkins

    Hi Loretta,

    You found my page but not my blog! Click on this link to my blog on blogger.com:

    Shelagh's Blog

    I've set up a new network for PublishedAuthors(.net) and I will be featuring a different author every week. Please join us, you would be very welcome:

    'http://publishedauthors.ning.com

    ~Shelagh

    Aug 6, 2007

  • Colleen Breuning

    Hi Loretta, nice to meet you as well. I'm new to the site & just getting my feet wet. I write poetry & am trying to wrap up a chapbook dedicated to my father. Have to decide how to proceed with publishing. I will visit your websites.

    Take care,
    Colleen :) (part Irish, of course!)

    Aug 8, 2007

  • Loretta A. Murphy

    Nice to meet you, Colleen.
    You'd have a hard time denying your Irish with a first name like yours!
    See you when you visit. It think you'll enjoy my site.

    Loretta

    Aug 8, 2007

  • Shelagh Watkins

    I've discovered widgets!

    Aug 9, 2007

  • Kathleen Gage

    Hi Loretta,

    I would like to invite you to join my Ning Book Marketing network. I have been a published author for many years and love to network with others who have a passion for writing and publishing.

    If you get a chance, please visit my blog to read my special feature called The Author’s Corner. . http://www.kathleengage.blogspot.com

    Have a great day.

    Kathleen Gage
    The Street Smarts Marketer and Author
    www.streetsmartsmarketing.com

    Sep 19, 2007