Our Like Will Not Be There Again

Notes from the West of Ireland

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

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. In doing so he produces a "lovely nugget of good writing" (New York Times) that relays the stories of traditional laborers—tinkers cartwrights, rat-charmers, coopers, thatchers, farriers, gleemen, pig-gelders—with candor and depth.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-05-10
Mått:140 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt:299 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN:9781590775103

Utforska kategorier

Kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Reseskildringar inom Reseguider

Mer om författaren

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.

Recensioner i media

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

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceIntroductionProem…And He Not Far From Quiet HisselfI. The Shanachie1. Mackerels Was All Me Life2. I Only Want to Possess What I Have3. You Can Tell My Stories Aren’t Book Stories4. My Father Was a Great Man at the HarvestingII. The Tinker5. We Could Have All Been Bards6. The Road is the Best College7. Listenin’ Was a Great Thing OnceIII. Body Parts8. Who Will You Leave Your Hands to When You Die?9. After me, It’ll Be Dead. Poetry, I Mean10. We Are All IslandsEnvoi: The Vanishing