Minnesota author and native son, Pat McGauley, is a former Hibbing High School social studies teacher, and a former public servant who also worked in the taconite mines of the Mesabi Iron Range. The Hibbing High School has often been referred to as ‘The Castle of the North’ for its architectural beauty and educational excellence. It was my great privilege to have taught there for nearly thirty years. My public service experience was serving Governor Al Quie as the Commissioner of the Iron Range Resources Board.
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New From Pat McGauley – The Final Chapter
By Pat McGauley
Minnesota author Pat McGauley’s fifteenth novel finalizes his five generational Moran family saga. The end of the lineage is Father Mickey, a wayward and winsome priest who is considering the process … Read More about New From Pat McGauley – The Final Chapter
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Pat McGauley is an author who knows his territory and knows how to write a compelling story. It would be difficult to find a more authentic literary voice coming out of Minnesota’s North Country.
William Kent Krueger
NY Times best-selling author
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About the Author
My writing career began with a book that took me twenty years to actually bring to fruition. I started researching and rough drafting the story in late 1982. For months I soaked up all of the early … Read More about About the Author