{"product_id":"shannon-a-poem-of-the-lewis-and-clark-expedition-isbn-9780061661303","title":"Shannon: A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition","description":"\u003cp\u003e“An unexpected story and a gem of a book.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe incomparable Campbell McGrath, whom \u003cem\u003eOutside \u003c\/em\u003emagazine calls, “A writer who could help save poetry from academia and get the rest of us reading it again,” delivers an astounding work: \u003cem\u003eShannon, \u003c\/em\u003ean epic poem that traces the remarkable journey of the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The \u003cem\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/em\u003e praises \u003cem\u003eShannon\u003c\/em\u003e as, “A luminescent narrative…a myth of American character before its corruption,” and Campbell McGrath—Poet Laureate, Guggenheim Fellowship, Pushcart Prize, and three-time Academy of American Poets Prize winner—proves once again to be truly an “everyman poet” who channels the spirit of Walt Whitman in this lyrical adventure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho finds this body \u003cbr\u003eBe it known \u003cbr\u003eMy name is George Shannon \u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; I bequeath my remains \u003cbr\u003eTo seed this land \u003cbr\u003eWith American bones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the inimitable Campbell McGrath comes an epic poem of George Shannon, the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, who wandered the prairie alone for sixteen days. Spinning a tale of adventure and wonderment, McGrath gives voice to Shannon's lost weeks in the wilderness, a harrowing journey of survival and discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eShannon\u003c\/em\u003e, McGrath has created both a thrilling narrative that rises from the once vast, lonely spaces of the American west and a compelling portrait of that now ineradicably altered landscape—then unmapped, wild yet bounteous, teeming with buffalo and home to native peoples—that continues to haunt the American imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A meditation on a new, westering nation’s discovery of its own inestimable riches....Surely, the sort of task McGrath undertakes here represents one of literature’s profoundest pleasures. A poet tirelessly digs up something buried by days, years, centuries. And then he holds it to the light.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An unexpected story and a gem of a book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An astonishing facility for evoking sweep and nuance and connecting them to the reader in a refined and absorbing narrative. \u003ci\u003eShannon\u003c\/i\u003e is a fitting tribute to one of the greatest of American adventures.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePost and Courier (Charlotte, NC)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“McGrath treads lightly on philosophy and existential angst and instead turns to something both more modest and stronger, a kind of wry truth wrung out from the dirty rags of Shannon’s wanderings.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuarterly Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A luminescent narrative...the stanza spacing, the line breaks and the quiet rhythms of Shannon’s speech ...suggest the continent’s vastness...Shannon’s understated lyricism — the apprehension of nature before the onset of self-consciousness...reflects heightened maturity in McGrath’s work.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Faithful to the language, tone, and style of written journals from the time, McGrath’s \u003ci\u003eShannon\u003c\/i\u003e glories in the wonder of the land, especially the mystery and majesty of the buffalo, as we readers do in the spirit of the man. . . . Recommended for poetry collections and an illuminating adjunct to American history collections.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“McGrath takes us back to a pivotal point in United States history through the curious eyes of an unsung hero. [’Shannon’ is] an unexpected story and a gem of a book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[SHANNON is] equal parts a hallucination of malnourishment and a meditation on a new, westering nation’s discovery of its own inestimable riches . . . it instills a gradual sense of spaciousness and wonder. . . . Surely, the sort of task McGrath undertakes here represents one of literature’s profoundest pleasures. A poet tirelessly digs up something buried by days, years, centuries. 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