Our Like Will Not Be There Again: Notes from the West of Ireland

by Lawrence Millman

Overview

Award-winning travel writer Lawrence Millman tromps through western Ireland's rugged countryside to record the oral history of its people before their hard-earned traditions are permanently stifled by industrialization and development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590775103
Publisher:	M. Evans & Company
Publication date:	05/10/2015
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Lawrence Millman is the author of 16 books, including such titles as Last Places, Lost in the Arctic, An Evening Among Headhunters, and - most recently - Giant Polypores & Stoned Reindeer. His articles have appeared in National Geographic, Outside, Smithsonian, Atlantic Monthly, and Sports Illustrated. He is a Fellow of the Explorers Club and has a mountain named after him in East Greenland.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Proem…And He Not Far From Quiet Hisself I. The Shanachie 1. Mackerels Was All Me Life 2. I Only Want to Possess What I Have 3. You Can Tell My Stories Aren’t Book Stories 4. My Father Was a Great Man at the Harvesting II. The Tinker 5. We Could Have All Been Bards 6. The Road is the Best College 7. Listenin’ Was a Great Thing Once III. Body Parts 8. Who Will You Leave Your Hands to When You Die? 9. After me, It’ll Be Dead. Poetry, I Mean 10. We Are All Islands Envoi: The Vanishing

Editorial Reviews

Writing that is altogether finer than anything one has a right to expect.

The Washington Post

Millman's a genius.

Annie Dillard

Millman..does eloquent justice to a salty tradition.

Newsweek

Lawrence Millman is that rare traveler—a person with guts and a sense of humor. He is also a wonderful writer.

Paul Theroux

Millman..does eloquent justice to a salty tradition.

Newsweek