The Last of the Celts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300115352)

A search for authentic Celtic culture and its scattered, endangered survivors

Travelling throughout the remote Celtic world, award-winning author Marcus Tanner describes the relentless pressure on Celtic communities to assimilate and warns that a distinct Celtic identity may not survive for another generation--a sobering loss that would impoverish us all.

"Tanner has concluded we must resign ourselves to the fact that Celticism is done, over, finis. He proves it in a very good and special book that every prodigal and true Celt should read and try to prove wrong."--Malachy McCourt, Washington Post Book World

"Lively. . . . A] thoughtful book."--Publishers Weekly

"An exceptional journey into the remarkable cultural history of the Celtic people. . . . Tanner's] experience reads like a travelogue and an insightful history with an emphasis on cultural heritage."--Raymond L. Flynn, Boston Sunday Herald

" An] angry, elegiac and meticulously researched book."--Christian Century

Author: Marcus Tanner
ISBN-10: 0300115350
ISBN-13: 9780300115352
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2006
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.82w x 1.07d