Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
In 1916, a young man named Michael Collins returned to his native Ireland, after ten years in voluntary exile in London, to join one of the most impassioned and complicated revolutions in history. Playfully nicknamed "The Big Fellow," Collins began to take a key role in the uprisings, eventually becoming a revered revolutionary leader.
Acclaimed writer Frank O'Connor, a man who himself fought in the Irish Civil War, traces Collin's life from the day he returned to Dublin to the day a young Irish soldier shot him dead on a country road.
The Big Fellow achieves a narrative both probing and poetic as it chronicles the life of a man so charismatic that he made people "aware of his presence even when he was not visible, through that uncomfortable magnetism of the very air, a tingling of the nerves."
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Ireland War of Independence, 1919-1921, Revolutionaries, Ireland Civil War, 1922-1923, Biography, History, Fiction, erotica, general, Collins, michael, 1890-1922, Revolutionaries, ireland, Ireland, biography, Ireland, history, easter rising, 1916People
Michael Collins (1890-1922)Places
IrelandShowing 3 featured editions. View all 15 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
The Big Fellow: Michael Collins and the Irish Revolution
1998, Picador USA
in English
- 1st Picador USA ed.
0312180500 9780312180508
|
eeee
|
2 |
eeee
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
Big Fellow: Michael Collins and the Irish Revolution
January 1979, Dufour Editions
Paperback
in English
- New Ed edition
0905169840 9780905169842
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
First Sentence
"ONE cold bright morning in the spring of the year of fate, 1916, a young man in a peaked cap and grey suit stood on the deck of a boat returning to Ireland."
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
First Sentence
"ONE cold bright morning in the spring of the year of fate, 1916, a young man in a peaked cap and grey suit stood on the deck of a boat returning to Ireland."
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?History
- Created April 29, 2008
- 6 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
April 25, 2011 | Edited by OCLC Bot | Added OCLC numbers. |
August 10, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
April 24, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
April 16, 2010 | Edited by bgimpertBot | Added goodreads ID. |
April 29, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record |