The Story We Carry in Our Bones: Irish History for Americans
The ancient legends and ancestral legacy of the Emerald Isle.
This comprehensive history examines the course of the Irish from 3800 B.C. to the twentieth century. Celtic legends, the evolution of Chris…
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