Synopses & Reviews
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 Millmanwrites for The Atlantic Monthly, National Geographic, and Smithsonian, and has published nine books, including Last Placesand Hero Jesse. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Synopsis
Award-winning 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. Thus, he produces a "lovely nugget of good writing" (New York Times) that relays the tales of traditional laborers -- the tinkers, cartwrights, rat-charmers, coopers, farriers, piggelders -- with candor and depth.