The Dreamer Awakes
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The late Alice Kane was born in Ireland in 1908. Moving with her parents to Canada in 1921, she was educated in New Brunswick and at McGill University in Montreal before beginning a career with the Toronto Public Library, where she had a major interest in fairy tales. After her retirement in 1973, she taught Children's Literature at the University of New Brunswick, then began a second career as a professional storyteller in association with the Storytellers School of Toronto. She was a featured performer at many storytelling events, including the American Storytelling Festival at Jonesborough, Tennessee. Her rich oral heritage is remembered in Songs and Sayings of and Ulster Childhood , edited by Edith Fowke (1983).
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1551110474
ISBN13:9781551110479
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:Broadview Press Inc
Length:190 Pages
Weight:0.78 lbs.
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This great Canadian classic is filled with astonishing, gorgeous storytelling -- alive with the cadences of oral tradition. Don't miss it. Alice Kane is a master teller of tales!
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