We all know what tomorrow is; National Get Trashed by Noon Day. Anyone in America with a drop of Irish blood, and many who haven't a splash, will spend tomorrow wearin' o' the green and pickling o' the liver. Whether you are Irish or just act like it once a year, you ought to read Thomas Cahill's massively best-selling pop history, "How the Irish Saved Civilization." This true story from the time of St. Patrick tells how the scholars and monks of the Emerald Isle saved the most vital texts of the Western world from barbarian hordes.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Monday Booklist: "How the Irish Saved Civilization."
We all know what tomorrow is; National Get Trashed by Noon Day. Anyone in America with a drop of Irish blood, and many who haven't a splash, will spend tomorrow wearin' o' the green and pickling o' the liver. Whether you are Irish or just act like it once a year, you ought to read Thomas Cahill's massively best-selling pop history, "How the Irish Saved Civilization." This true story from the time of St. Patrick tells how the scholars and monks of the Emerald Isle saved the most vital texts of the Western world from barbarian hordes.
