geographical perspective.

Select a book that is relevant to the cultural aspect of geography.

Ireland is a terrible beauty and no where is that more evident than in Frank McCourt's depiction of the slums of Limerick.

McCourt, Frank. Angela's Ashes. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.

McCourt, the eldest of eight children lit up the publishing world with his moving account of life at the beginning of the Depression in an Irish Catholic slum.

Angela's Ashes documents the story of his early life in the Depression-era slums of Limerick, Ireland. Life in Limerick is the backdrop for the entire book and is as critical to the story as are the characters.

An impoverished Limerick parallels McCourt's childhood as he endures near-starvation and poverty, wearing rags for diapers, scavenging bits of coal and stealing food. Limerick is depicted as a somber and bleak factory town, where work is scarce. McCourt conjures...
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