For over fifty years, Kevin C. Kearns trekked the streets of Dublin recording the city’s vanishing oral history. Armed only with a Sony tape recorder, the ordinary people he encountered shared private stories of hardship, joy, sorrow, suffering, survival and triumph. In Our Day is the culmination of a life’s work – a treasure trove bursting with whispers from the past and a poignant portrait of a forgotten Dublin.
In Our Day
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Description
For over fifty years, Kevin C. Kearns trekked the rough-and-tumble streets of the heart of Dublin, hoping to record and preserve the city’s vanishing oral history. Armed only with a Sony tape recorder, the ordinary people he encountered – street traders, dockers, factory workers, tram drivers, housewives and midwives, children and grandparents – shared private stories of hardship, joy, sorrow, suffering, survival and triumph.
In Our Day is the culmination of a life’s work – a treasure trove bursting with whispers from the past – 450 vignettes, memories and recollections gathered to present an evocative, poignant portrait of a forgotten Dublin.
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‘Without Kevin, the lives of ordinary decent Dubliners would be forgotten. This book is a celebration of them.’ Joe Duffy
Additional information
| Weight | 0.546 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 24.2 × 15.8 × 2.4 cm |
| Book_author | Kearns, Kevin Corrigan |
| Publisher | Gill Books |
| Imprint | Gill Books |
| Cover | Hardback |
| Pages | 259 , 32 unnumbered of plates |
| Language | English |
| Edition | |
| Dewey | 941.835 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
