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THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2009 by Harriet O’Donovan Sheehy
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Select Bibliography
Chronology
1. WAR
Preface
Guests of the Nation
Attack
Jumbo’s Wife
September Dawn
Machine-Gun Corps in Action
Laughter
Soirée Chez une Belle Jeune Fille
2. CHILDHOOD
Preface
My Oedipus Complex
The Genius
First Confession
The Study of History
The Man of the World
The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland
3. WRITERS
Preface
Centenary Address at the Graveside of W. B. Yeats
4. LONELY VOICES
Preface
The Procession of Life
The Majesty of the Law
After Fourteen Years
May Night
There is a Lone House
Uprooted
The Bridal Night
A Bachelor’s Story
Lonely Rock