{"product_id":"our-like-will-not-be-there-again-notes-from-the-west-of-ireland-9781590775103","title":"Our Like Will Not Be There Again: Notes from the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLawrence 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\u003cbr\u003eMillman..does eloquent justice to a salty tradition. * Newsweek *\u003cbr\u003eWriting that is altogether finer than anything one has a right to expect. * The Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eMillman's a genius. -- Annie Dillard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Introduction Proem…And He Not Far From Quiet Hisself I. The Shanachie 1. Mackerels Was All Me Life 2. I Only Want to Possess What I Have 3. You Can Tell My Stories Aren’t Book Stories 4. My Father Was a Great Man at the Harvesting II. The Tinker 5. We Could Have All Been Bards 6. The Road is the Best College 7. Listenin’ Was a Great Thing Once III. Body Parts 8. Who Will You Leave Your Hands to When You Die? 9. After me, It’ll Be Dead. Poetry, I Mean 10. We Are All Islands Envoi: The Vanishing","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041541980503,"sku":"9781590775103","price":11.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781590775103.jpg?v=1750950710","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/our-like-will-not-be-there-again-notes-from-the-west-of-ireland-9781590775103","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}