Description
11″ x 9″, 1st edition 2008. as new in dust jacket, the cover of the book carries the same picture as the dust jacket,Travelling Ireland has three stories to tell, the preparing of a pair of Morgan Horses for a long distance drive and looking after them on the journey. the description of the people and reminders of the past met on the way and relating them to the countrys often tragic history. and lastly an account of the Irish horse drawn carriage, often unique in design, that travelled the same roads in the past three centuries. The book is illustrated with oil sketches and cartoons made by Malcom Coward whilst on our travels, numerous photographs, as well as reproductions of contempary drawings, prints and paintings of carriages from the past. What emerges is a nostalgic snapshot of a country leaving behind the baggage of its past and entering a new world. A TRULY DELIGHTFUL BOOK
