Have you ever felt like escaping to your own desert island?

Jane Gaskin did exactly that, trading in the family home to begin a new life in the

tropics.

But she soon discovers that Paradise has its secrets.

I'm Alice Levine, and this is the price of Paradise,

the island dream that ends in kidnap, corruption, and murder. Wish you were here. Follow the price of Paradise Now wherever

you listen to podcasts.

This is CBS II on the World with John Bachelor.

Here's John Bachelor.

Continuing with Professor Tyler and Binder, his new book, Plencil Country, The Great Potato

Famine and The Making of Irish New York. The famine Irish arriving after the

potato famine of 45, 46, to 50.

Are now in New York and ambitious saving money.

The Emigrant Savings Bank tells the story of success and less than success, people climbing up the ladder of success from

unskilled labor to professionals and in

along comes the civil war and the breakdown of order in the United States of America, which here

to four has been seen as nirvana.

However, in New York there is the Irish Brigade, the 69th, and a number of

these famine Irish have joined it already. Timothy Carr is one name, and James Kavanaugh is another name.

Professor, thank you very much for this.

The 69th Regiment, it's a volunteer regiment, they join, they meet on weekends, but suddenly there's a war

and they're called to the front line, they're called to Washington.

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