dedication

This novel is dedicated to

Leonard George Irving,

soldier, sailor, beachcomber, poet,
and raconteur.
An old warrior from the land of the thistle,
a Border-country Scot,
free spirit and frugal soul,
my companion through the back country of Michoacán on our journey to the fabled and forbidden city.
Without him this book would never have been written. The poetry and anecdotes ascribed to MacClayne are actually his, and he has kindly allowed me to reprint them herein.

Poetry by Leonard Irving is at Tae a Haggis





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