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

Millman, Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1877727229 ISBN 13: 9781877727221

Publisher: White Pine Press, 2008

Synopsis

Award-winning travel writer Millman tromps through West Ireland's rugged countryside to record the oral history of its people before their hard-earned traditions are permanently stifled by industrialization and development. In doing so, he produces a "lovely nugget of good writing" (New York Times) that relays the personal tales of traditional laborers-the tinkers, cartwrights, rat-charmers, coopers, thatchers, farriers, gleemen, pig-gelders-with candor and depth.

"Writing that is altogether finer than anything one has a right to expect." -Washington Post

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Lawrence Millman writes for The Atlantic Monthly, National Geographic, and Smithsonian, and has published nine books, including Last Places and Hero Jesse. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

About this title

About the Author:

Millman is the author of nine books, including Last Places, A Kayak Full of Ghosts, An Evening Among Headhunters, and, most recently, Northern Latitudes. He writes for Smithsonian, National Geographic, The Atlantic Monthly, Islands, and numerous other publications. He is a fellow of the Explorers Club and has a mountain named for him in Greenland. He resides in Cambridge, MA.

Review:

Lawrence Millman is that rare traveler—a person with guts and a sense of humor. He is also a wonderful writer. (Paul Theroux, travel writer, novelist, and author of Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads)

Millman..does eloquent justice to a salty tradition. (Newsweek)

Writing that is altogether finer than anything one has a right to expect. (The Washington Post)

Millman's a genius. (Annie Dillard)

About this edition

• Publisher: White Pine Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1877727229
• ISBN 13: 9781877727221
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 209