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Padraic Colum's Books
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The Children of OdinBefore time as we know it began, gods and goddesses lived in the city of Asgard. Odin All Father crossed the Rainbow Bridge to walk among men in...Read More
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The Children's HomerTravel back to a mythical time when Achilles, aided by the gods, waged war against the Trojans. And join Odysseus on his journey through murky waters,...Read More
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The Golden FleeceEnter a world where harpies torment mortals, the Argonaut Orpheus sings, the mighty god Zeus wages war on the Titans, and Prometheus steals fire....Read More
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Irish Central, November 8, 2011
...his search to find and win Fedelma, the Enchanters Daughter. The author of The King of Irelands Son, Padraic Colum, was also a poet, novelist, dramatist, and avid collector of Irish folklore and folk songs. Every fan of Irish music is surely familiar...
West Roxbury Patch, September 2, 2011
...it will make the person you like love you in return. “A Treasury of Irish Folklore,” edited by Padraic Colum, offers up a potato treat: Boil potatoes in their jackets. Then boil a handful of scallions in a half-pint of milk. Add that to the potatoes...
Irish Independent, August 6, 2011
...Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Beach, Ford Madox Ford, Robert McAlmon, Jimmy Charters, Arthur Power, James Stephens and Mary and Padraic Colum. Fennell makes much use of these and other sources. Indeed, his book, which would have been unthinkable without them,...
Irish Independent, January 29, 2012
...on an acre within our small budget. I begin to recite The Old Woman of the Roads by Padraic Colum. My reverie is broken by a question from our Clare friend who has come along to make sure we don't do anything stupid. "Have you noticed anything?" he...
3quarksdaily, September 28, 2011
...I knew were very different from hers. She read the translation of Wägner's scholarly edition; I read Padraic Colum's, written principally for younger readers. Colum gave the often incoherent material narrative shape, humanised its brutality to some...
Independent.ie - Entertainment RSS Feed, August 6, 2011
...Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Beach, Ford Madox Ford, Robert McAlmon, Jimmy Charters, Arthur Power, James Stephens and Mary and Padraic Colum.Fennell makes much use of these and other sources. Indeed, his book, which would have been unthinkable without them,...
Faith, Fiction, Friends, July 17, 2011
...In 1927, Padraic Colum (1881-1972) published a book of essays called The Fountain of Youth . Among them was one entitled "Story Telling New and Old," a kind of apologetic for oral storytelling...
