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Highlights
- O'Sullivan's memoir of growing up on the Great Blasket, a sparsely inhabited Gaelic-speaking island off the Atlantic coast of Ireland.
- About the Author: Maurice O'Sullivan was born in 1904 and joined the Civic Guard of the nascent Irish Republic as a young man, but found that law enforcement was not to his liking.
- 287 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Historical
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About the Book
O'Sullivan's memoir of growing up on the Great Blasket, a sparsely inhabited Gaelic-speaking island off the Atlantic coast of Ireland. "The only book I have ever reviewed which simply had to be praised without reservation."-Sean O'Fáoláin, The Listener. Introductory Note by E. M. Forster.Book Synopsis
O'Sullivan's memoir of growing up on the Great Blasket, a sparsely inhabited Gaelic-speaking island off the Atlantic coast of Ireland. "The only book I have ever reviewed which simply had to be praised without reservation."-Sean O'Fáoláin, The Listener. Introductory Note by E. M. Forster.Review Quotes
A book to buy, to beg, or to borrow. To miss it is to miss something which will leave your adventuring among books incomplete.
It is a summer island of romantic beauty that he shows us, dwelling always on the colour of the scenery and the bright, wild life...
This natural and beautiful book brings a breath of sea air and a strange music....It is as alive and sparkling as the sea on a summer morning.
You cannot possibly fail to enjoy this book, the only book I have ever reviewed which simply had to be praised without reservation...
About the Author
Maurice O'Sullivan was born in 1904 and joined the Civic Guard of the nascent Irish Republic as a young man, but found that law enforcement was not to his liking. While posted in Connemara he wrote a novel, Twenty Years A-Growing, for the entertainment was friends. He drowned tragically in 1950, leaving behind a widow and two children.Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.47 Inches (W) x .85 Inches (D)
Weight: .74 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 287
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Historical
Publisher: J. S. Sanders and Company
Format: Paperback
Author: Maurice O'Sullivanan
Language: English
Street Date: November 18, 1998
TCIN: 1004109975
UPC: 9781879941397
Item Number (DPCI): 247-21-4771
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.74 pounds
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