Far From The Land is a story of "ordinary heroes," men and women who rise to the daunting challenges of rural life in post World War II Ireland when survival was the primary focus. The youngest of six children abandoned by their father and raised by their mother--one of the celebrated Kilmainham Gaol hunger striking "Women of 1922" in the Irish Civil War--the author not only tells his own story, but paints a vivid portrait of the entire community of colorful characters in his life. Poverty, lack of education, unemployment, and primitive health care plagued just about everyone he knew. Yet what emerges is a narrative of dignity, resilience, and a sense of community to made life very much worth living.