The Prendergast Letters A.Dirk Hightower 000 (Greater map)

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but also outcomes of writing itself: social spaces not just where writing happens but created because writing happens

its joy largely ceased

but there's no wind to make them sail

the author weaves a story important to every woman who fears breast cancer and to all those who care about her

The Prendergast Letters A.Dirk Hightower 000 (Greater map)The Prendergast Letters Collection, one of the noteworthy manuscript collections at Boston College's John J. Burns Library, provides an account of the experiences of an ordinary family in County Kerry, Ireland, from 1840 to 1850. The letters include myriad details of the lives of family members and neighbors, reports of weather, agriculture, and local events and economy, along with commentary on matters of national importance such as politician Daniel