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.

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

• 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