A Companion For Owls - Being the Commonplace Book of D. Boone, Long Hunter, Back Woodsman,

This collection of highly original narrative poems is written in the voice of frontiersman Daniel Boone and captures all the beauty and struggle of nascent America. We follow the progression of Daniel Boone''s life, a life led in war and in the wilderness, and see the birth of a new nation. We track the bountiful animals and the great, undisturbed rivers. We stand beside Boone as he buries his brother, then his wife, and finds comfort in his friendship with a slave named Derry. Praised for his originality, Maurice Manning is an exciting new voice in American poetry. The darkest place I''ve ever been did not require a name. It seemed to be a gathering place for the lint of the world. The bottom of a hollow beneath two ridges, sunk like a stone. The water was surely old, the dregs of some ancient sea, but purified by time, like a man made better by his years, his old hurts absorbed into his soul, his losses like a spring in his breast. -from "Born Again"

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Maurice Manning
• Edition: Ecco Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 01.09.2013
• EAN: 9780544303355
• ISBN: 978-0-544-30335-5
• Pages: 144
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Germany, Poetry, Italy, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Anthologies: general, History of the Americas, Gender studies: women and girls, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), Medieval style, c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era), HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY: United States / General, HISTORY: Women, HISTORY: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), POETRY: American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: European / German, POETRY: Medieval, POETRY: Haiku *, POETRY: European / German, POETRY: European / Italian, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, Poetry by form: Haiku