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Author: Oriana Atkinson ,
Dale Steve Gierhart
Publisher: Ardent Writer Press, LLC
Imprint: Ardent Writer Press, LLC
Edition: 2nd ed.
Volume: 6
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.376kg
ISBN: 9781938667954
ISBN 10: 1938667956
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 06 August 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
A lady whose fine foreign relations have reached beyond the Iron Curtain (Over at Uncle Joe's: Moscow and Me) extends her infectious infatuation to the Emerald Isle in a joyous, keen-sighted romp. Accompanied by an incognito actress, she comes to grips with the elusive fairy stuff and inescapable weather of Ireland. The observer of her own intoxication, she delights in Galvay, Limerick (a city known for the broken treaty rather than for rhymes), Killarney, the castle across the way from the Blarney stone. Her encounters are many and merry; her intended visits take her to a horsebreeding farm, a weaving establishment, factories, theaters, ruins. She has words for the worthy sweepstakes and news for New York chance-buyers, formidable facts about fancies via the Folklore Society, which does not dabble; recipes for those who care, one requiring a leisurely three-week basting. There is time and space for both passing scene and scene passed -- daily incident and historical, incidence. Mrs. Atkinson makes the most (and sometimes too much) of her adventures and role as female traveler; stories deftly shape her seriousness. A personable frolic which ladies of mature and civilized tastes will particularly appreciate. KIRKUS REVIEW September 28, 1956
Author Information
ORIANA ATKINSON (1895-1989) was a native New Yorker who has traveled widely-Russia, England, France, Ireland, all over the United States, and around the world on a freighter. She lived for a year in Moscow and her experiences there produced a best-seller, Over at Uncle Joe's: Moscow and Me. Mrs. Atkinson is also the author of three novels about the Catskills: Big Eyes, Twin Cousins and The Golden Season. Her most recent book was Manhattan and Me, a New Yorker's book about her home town. She has written short stories and articles for magazines and newspapers. Her husband, Brooks Atkinson (1895-1984), is drama critic of The New York Times. Mrs. Atkinson says of herself: My hobbies are really not pursued; they more or less stand still and wait for me. I like trying to learn the Russian language; raising roses; reading all kinds of strange things; and going to the theatre.
