Isbn: 9781606350232 - shanty irish (14 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Memories of an Irish-American growing up log-shack poor in small-town Ohio"Shanty Irish is a window, cracked and soiled, into a time and a place and a people before the moving pictures became an American obsession, people who had to create their own dreams, invent their own stories, and find escape from hopeless lives in hard liquor or the cold comfort of a promised Hereafter."from the foreword by John SaylesJim Tully was an American writer who enjoyed critical acclaim and commercial success in the 1920s and '30s. A former circus laborer, hobo, and professional boxer, his rags-to-riches career may qualify him as the greatest long shot in American literature.Following the death of his mother, Tully was sent from his home in St. Marys, Ohio, to an orphanage in Cincinnati. After his time at the orphanage, the young Tully spent six years as a vagabond, riding the rails and working for a small circus. He left the road and settled in Kent, Ohio, in 1907, working odd jobs while focusing on his new interestwriting. After getting a few pieces published in local papers, Tully returned to the road in 1912, eventually settling for good in Hollywood. He worked for Charlie Chaplin and later became one of the first reporters to cover Hollywood. His honest depictions of film stars and directors earned him the reputation as the most feared man in Hollywood. In addition to the celebrity pieces, Tully wrote numerous books, including Shanty Irish (1928).A hard-edged mixture of hilarious and heartbreaking memories, Tully's autobiographical Shanty Irish digs deep into the soil of his native Ohio to show what life was like in the late nineteenth century for a poor Irish-American family. Within the covers of this acclaimed work, we meet the author's father, also named Jim Tully, "a gorilla built" ditchdigger whose stooped shoulders carry "the inherited burdens of a thousand dead Irish peasants." We meet his mother, Biddy, a "woman of imagination" who "had all the moods of April." We meet his uncle, ruthless John Lawler, who was tried, convicted, and sentenced to fifteen years in the Ohio penitentiary for stealing horses. And we meet his grandfather, Old Hughie Tully, "born with the gift of words""capable of turning death into an Irish wake and pouring liquor down the throat of the corpse."Old Hughie, "never without a tale to tell," emerges as the most vividly drawn character in a book packed with unforgettable characters. Tully's most deeply personal book, Shanty Irish had a profound impact on readers and other leading American writers of the 1920s. "Shanty Irish is a chunk of real life," wrote Upton Sinclair. "It made me feel human and humble, which is good for anybody." H. L. Mencken said, "In Shanty Irish, it seems to me, he has gone far beyond any of his work of the past. The book is not only brilliantly realistic; it also has fine poetic quality."Indeed, a book soaked in mud and whiskey, Shanty Irish is at turns brutal, sentimental, ironic, lyrical, humorous, and tragic. Features memories of an Irish-American growing up log-shack poor in small-town Ohio. This autobiography digs into the soil of the author's native Ohio to show what life was like in the late nineteenth century for a poor Irish-American family. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Condizione: New. Features memories of an Irish-American growing up log-shack poor in small-town Ohio. This autobiography digs into the soil of the author's native Ohio to show what life was like in the late nineteenth century for a poor Irish-American family. Series: Black Squirrel Books. Num Pages: 320 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; 3JJC; BGA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408. . 2009. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . …

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Condizione: New. Features memories of an Irish-American growing up log-shack poor in small-town Ohio. This autobiography digs into the soil of the author's native Ohio to show what life was like in the late nineteenth century for a poor Irish-American family. Series: Black Squirrel Books. Num Pages: 320 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; 3JJC; BGA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408. . 2009. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Features memories of an Irish-American growing up log-shack poor in small-town Ohio. This autobiography digs into the soil of the author's native Ohio to show what life was like in the late nineteenth century for a poor Irish-American family.

Condizione: New. Features memories of an Irish-American growing up log-shack poor in small-town Ohio. This autobiography digs into the soil of the author s native Ohio to show what life was like in the late nineteenth century for a poor Irish-American family.Klappen.