The Living Legend of St Patrick [Paperback]

Alannah Hopkins (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Tracing embellishments to the accounts that St. Patrick left by future generations of Irish writers, who often shaped the facts of the saint's life to meet their own political and religious needs, Hopkin provides a biography of Ireland's patron saint. In addition, she shows how the popular cult of St. Patrick has evolved. Hopkin contends that this cult is more significant today in the United States than in Ireland, showing how Irish immigrants to the United States transformed the cult of St. Patrick to meet their needs in their new land. Despite the obvious merits of this book, it mixes the scholarly with the familiar travelog. For this reason, it is recommended only to public libraries serving a large Irish-American reading population.
- Susan A. Stussy, St. Norbert Coll., De Pere, Wis.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (March 15, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0586207538
• ISBN-13: 978-0586207536
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,153,131 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Alannah Hopkin has lived in County Cork since 1982. Her latest book is The Ship of Seven Murders, the true story of a tragic incident on board a ship sailing to Cobh in 1828, co-written with Kathy Bunney. She is also the author of Eating Scenery: West Cork, the People and the Place, an account of the people, past and present, who have made west Cork the place it is today. As a journalist she contributes occasionally to the Irish Arts Review, the Irish Examiner, and the Irish Times, and writes for Fodor Travel Publications and Insight Guides. She also writes about contemporary Irish art and is a member of the Association Internationale de Critiques d'Art (AICA).