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Alice Taylor
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To School Through the Fields: An Irish Country Childhood |
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English |
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Paperback |
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192 |
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1988-07-01 |
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0863220991 |
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Brandon |
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0.4 pounds |
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4.75 x 0.75 x 8.0 inches |
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Reprinted edition |
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SIGNED by the author on title page. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Wrappers dust-toned. Light tanning to page margins. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 151 pages; 151p. ; 22cm. Looks at childhood in the Irish countryside, with a look at life in an earlier time, with its rituals of religion and antics of local characters. For the author of this book, childhood was on a farm in Newmarket, County Cork, in the 1940s and 50s.Review: Lyrical reminiscences of growing up Irish, recounted with both wistfulness and wit by a postmistress from Innishannon. Subjects: Country life - Ireland. Ireland - Social life and customs - 20th century. Cork (Ireland : County) - Social life and customs.
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