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Continue reading →: An Indian finds himself on the Emerald Isle
Very interesting article on the connection between Ireland and the Choctaw Indians, by way of the famine: White Deer has just spent two days traipsing around the city with a filmmaker from Dublin, working on a documentary about the Choctaw-Irish connection. Among other places, they have visited the Irish hunger…
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Continue reading →: Thomas Francis Meagher: Man of distinction
In between, a remarkable life that carried Meagher to four of the world’s seven continents, earned him hero status from the Irish and a sentence of death from the British, then a last-second reprieve and lifetime banishment to Tasmania, which was followed by his escape to New York City, and…
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Continue reading →: Quick Link: E-books cause publishers to cleave to tried-and-true authorsand series
The obvious next step is to first release books in digital unless they will definitely sell in print form. It’s like the blocks are falling by accident into place. Similar to movie studios betting on well-known franchises to bring box-office gold, publishers want to market more blockbuster authors writing serial books featuring…
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Continue reading →: Quick Link – Darina Allen: Forgotten Skills of Cooking cookbook – chicagotribune.com
Darina Allen’s great Forgotten Skills of Cooking gets a Chicago Tribune review: The recipes are old-fashioned and mostly Irish. You’ll find a lot of recipes here calling for salting, canning, pickling, smoking and even potting in butter — preferably homemade. Allen is a big do-it-yourselfer. Founder of the Ballymaloe Cookery…
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