Originally an oral narrative from the 1940s, written in Irish, then translated into English and published in 1962 (Routledge and Kegan Paul), this entertaining memoir is now back in print and available in the U.S. for the first time. Born in 1865 in Donegal, the eldest of twelve children in a poverty-stricken family, Michael Macgowan left home as a young man to work in Scotland, but soon headed for America and, he hoped, some kind of success. He worked his way across the country as a hobo, working in steel mills and mines ...
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Originally an oral narrative from the 1940s, written in Irish, then translated into English and published in 1962 (Routledge and Kegan Paul), this entertaining memoir is now back in print and available in the U.S. for the first time. Born in 1865 in Donegal, the eldest of twelve children in a poverty-stricken family, Michael Macgowan left home as a young man to work in Scotland, but soon headed for America and, he hoped, some kind of success. He worked his way across the country as a hobo, working in steel mills and mines in Tennessee and Montana, before embarking on his greatest adventure--the gold rush, in the primitive, harsh, and icy wastes of the Yukon. His saga is filled with vivid recountings of his adventures and experiences--canoeing the Yukon, panning for gold, sheltering with Indians, the long dark winters near the Arctic Circle--and his loyal "sourdough" companions. He returned home in 1901 and using the money from the gold he found, bought some land and a house, married, and never wandered again, dying in 1948. MacGowan's highly readable true story of the frontier is one of determination, courage, and spirit.
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