Exciting news! My dad’s book is finally out:
Ella Young Remembered: Interviews by James D. Cain in paperback. The book is from interviews my dad recorded in the 60s and transcribed by the indefatigable Linda Rosewood. This book is being sold to support the work of the Tulsk Productions which has created radio plays for RTE on Ella Young and is currently working on and raising money for a film.
It is also available in a Kindle Edition (ebook).
From the back of the book:
“Ella Young immigrated to the United States in 1925 at the age of 58, disillusioned by Ireland’s civil war. In America she found a revitalizing natural beauty and a wide circle of friends among the artists and bohemians of the mid-century.
Through her stories, beliefs, and poetry, she restored people’s connection with the sacred in nature. She taught that the land holds spirits, that you can talk to a mountain, and that humans are part of the planet, not here to dominate it. This connection of ecological consciousness to daily life was Ella’s wisdom for her time and ours.
Despite her influence and timely message, very little documentary evidence of Young’s life exists. Ten years after her death in 1956, historian James Cain interviewed six of Young’s friends, recording first-hand memories. Ella Young Remembered makes the transcripts of these interviews available for the first time.”
