On an Irish Island

✍ Scribed by Kanigel, Robert

• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Edition: 1st ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Presents a tribute to Ireland's Great Blasket Island and the people it has influenced, examining how its seaside culture was nearly untouched by time throughout the first half of the twentieth century.;The West (1905) -- The fine flowers of their speech (1907) -- Brian's chair (1917) -- Nice boy with a camera (1923) -- Inishvickillaun (1926) -- The last quiet time (1929) -- Gorky's peasants (1929) -- Interminable procession (1929) -- Working at Irish (1932) -- Visitors, strangers, tourists, friends (1937) -- A green Irish thread (1940) -- No herb or remedy (1946) -- The bottom of the garden (1950) -- A dream of youth.

✦ Table of Contents

The West (1905) --
The fine flowers of their speech (1907) --
Brian's chair (1917) --
Nice boy with a camera (1923) --
Inishvickillaun (1926) --
The last quiet time (1929) --
Gorky's peasants (1929) --
Interminable procession (1929) --
Working at Irish (1932) --
Visitors, strangers, tourists, friends (1937) --
A green Irish thread (1940) --
No herb or remedy (1946) --
The bottom of the garden (1950) --
A dream of youth.

✦ Subjects

Adventure and adventurers--Great Blasket Island (Ireland);Adventure and adventurers--Ireland--Great Blasket Island;HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain;Travelers--Great Blasket Island (Ireland);Travelers--Ireland--Great Blasket Island;Travel;Travelers;Adventure and adventurers;History;Biography;Biographies;;Great Blasket Island (Ireland) -- History;Great Blasket Island (Ireland) -- Biography;Great Blasket Island (Ireland) -- Description and travel;Adventure and adventurers -- Ireland -- Great Blasket