The Piping Underclass - a Lives of the Pipers article

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The Piping Underclass - a Lives of the Pipers article

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I have written an article about the piping underclass, unsuccessful and unlucky pipers in America, 1860-1920. I put it up recently on my website Lives of the Pipers. Of possible interest.

It was first published in An Píobiare, Jan. 2022.

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Thanks Nick. I'm surprised at how most pipers of the late 19th and early 20th century ended up in very diminished circumstances at the end of their lives.
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Great job, Nick! Thanks so much for doing this fabulous research and sharing it with us!
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A poverty of pipers, how appropriate!
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Fabulous as always Nick!
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