Irish History of Civilization, Volume 1
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2005
- Category
- India & South Asia, Ireland
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773572836
- Publish Date
- Feb 2005
- List Price
- $28.95
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Description
In a sprawling chronicle of civilization through Irish eyes, Akenson takes us from St Patrick to Woodie Guthrie, from Constantine to John F. Kennedy, from India to the Australian outback. In two volumes of masterful storytelling he creates ironic, playful, and acerbic historical miniatures - a quixotic series of reconstructions woven into a helix in which the same historical figures reappear in radically different contexts as their narratives intersect with the larger picture.
About the author
Don Akenson is the author of numerous books including Surpassing Wonder: The Invention of the Bible and the Talmuds (nominated for the Governor General's Award) and, most recently, Some Family: The Mormons and How Humanity Keeps Track of Itself. He teache