Download or read book The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan written by Jennifer Armstrong and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1997-08-26 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mairhe, who lives in an Irish slum in Washington, D.C., in the 1860s, struggles to come to grips with the impact of the Civil War on her family.