Ella Young, Irish mystic and rebel : from literary Dublin to the American West
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Dublin : [Chester Springs, Pa.?] : Liffey Press ; U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions, c2008.
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164 pages, [8] pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Location | Format | Call Number | Status |
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San Luis Obispo Library - Reference Local History | Reference | 811.52 Y714 | On Shelf |
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography | Book | 811.52 Y714 PBK | On Shelf |
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Published
Dublin : [Chester Springs, Pa.?] : Liffey Press ; U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions, c2008.
Format
Book, Reference
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-160) and index.
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"Ella Young (1867-1956), an Irish storyteller of Celtic heroes and magic curses, had a fascinating, overlooked life story. She guarded weapons hidden under floorboards for Dublin rebels during the 1920s, hobnobbed with W.B. Yeats, shared a flat with Maud Gonne, talked to spirits in the windswept dunes of California's Pacific Coast, and lectured to overflow crowds at the University of California at Berkeley. A mystical, whimsical woman, she gathered stories from the west of Ireland and took them across the Atlantic when she emigrated to California--alone at the age of 56. This biography is a portrait of a captivating writer, storyteller, mystic, rebel, and immigrant, that provides her insider's view of iconic figures and cultural movements in the two countries where she lived."--Irish America Magazine.
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