James Charles Roy: 3 books
The Back Of Beyond
A Search For The Soul Of Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2009
In The Back of Beyond, James Charles Roy, a noted authority on Irish history and travel, escorts a disparate group of Americans through the lonely backwaters of ancient Ireland. Visions of a glorious enterprise evaporate as he sees a dejected and weary handful of aged tourists disembark at Shannon...
The Fields Of Athenry
A Journey Through Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2008
In The Fields of Athenry, James Charles Roy leads us through the Irish past and present by way of his own personal struggles and misadventures in renovating Moyode Castle, an old tower house that he purchased more than thirty years ago. While he pieces together its four-hundred-year-old past, the...
History of Oral History
Foundations and Methodology
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2007
Gathered here are parts I and II of the Handbook of Oral History, which set the benchmark for knowledge of the field. The eminent contributors discuss the history and methodologies of a field that once was the domain of history scholars who were responding to trends within the academy, but which has...