The Hard Road to the Klondike: Rotha Mor an Tsaol - Softcover

Macgowan, Michael

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9781848891913: The Hard Road to the Klondike: Rotha Mor an Tsaol

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ISBN 10: 1848891911 ISBN 13: 9781848891913

Publisher: Collins Pr, 2014

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This memoir tells the story of an Irishman worked his way across the USA in steel mills and mines to Montana. He then took part in the Klondike gold rush and vividly recounts his adventures and hardships in the icy wastes of the Yukon. Told with the certainty and authority of someone who has `lived' what he describes, this book reflects the author's indomitable spirit and loyalty to his native place and culture. His saga is filled with vivid recountings of his adventures and experiences-canoeing the Yukon, panning for gold, sheltering with Indians, the long dark winters near the Arctic Circle-and his loyal ""sourdough"" companions. He returned home in 1901 and using the money from the gold he found, bought some land and a house, married, and never wandered again, dying in 1948. MacGowan's highly readable true story of the frontier is one of determination, courage, and spirit

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Sean O hEochaidh took down this story from Mici MacGabhann when collecting for the Irish Folklore Commission in the 1940s. It was later edited for publication in Irish by Proinnsias O Conluain and published in 1958. This translation by Valentin Iremonger was first published in 1962.

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