Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Patrick MacGill

Born: December 24, 1889
Died: 1963 (aged 73)
Bio: Patrick MacGill was an Irish journalist, poet and novelist, known as "The Navvy Poet" because he had worked as a navvy before he began writing.
Known for:
- Children of the dead end (1914)
- The rat-pit (1915)
- The Red Horizon (1916)
- Great Push (1916)
- Moleskin Joe (1923)