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Retired after teaching high school social studies for forty years and coaching basketball. Inducted in 2021 to the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame.
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This two-minute book trailer has just been produced and released by my publisher, Historium Press, for the last major promotion for the September 22nd publication date for my book, "The Irish Ties That Bind."
This two-minute book trailer has just been produced and released by my publisher, Historium Press, for the last major promotion for the September 22nd publication date for my book, "The Irish Ties That Bind."
September 15, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The Irish Ties That Bind | A Generational Saga of America’s Irish Settlers by Michael J. Hopkins www.elizabethjstjohn.com/guest-author...
The Irish Ties That Bind | A Generational Saga of America's Irish Settlers by Michael J. Hopkins - ELIZABETH ST.JOHN
The Irish Ties That Bind: A Shared One Hundred-Year Journey by Michael J. Hopkins From the green hills of southern Ireland to the heartland of America, four families are united by faith, perseverance,...
www.elizabethjstjohn.com
September 11, 2026 at 6:33 PM
☘️It's Day 1☘️

Today, we start a fascinating new blog tour, with The Irish Ties That Bind by Michael J. Hopkins.

Make sure to check out those enticing excerpts and bright book spotlights!

thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/08/blog...
#HistoricalFiction #IrishEmigration
@mjhop.bsky.social
September 7, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Recently, I was interviewed by Kierstyn Long, a reporter and podcaster for The Radar Free Press, located in Rock Falls, Illinois (not too far from Dixon). The interview was regarding the September 22nd publication of my book, "The Irish Ties That Bind."
August 20, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The publication date has been set for my new book. Please follow me at my newly established author web page:
michael-j-hopkins.author-pages.com
July 7, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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This book is about four Irish families that are ultimately led by strong-willed women that settled in the American Midwest in the 1850s, who resiliently left a lasting impact on society during an age when women were treated as second-class citizens.
June 28, 2026 at 12:50 PM
New book promotion.
June 27, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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The more Republicans respond to Trump's Jan. 6 pardons by saying the party is "looking at the future, not the past," the more I want to remind them of Faulkner's line:

"The past is never dead. It's not even past." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
On Jan. 6 pardons, Republicans struggle to defend the indefensible
Pressed on Trump's Jan. 6 pardons, many Republicans said they want to move on. But as Faulkner wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
www.msnbc.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM