The Donner Party, George Keithley (TPB, 1972, $3)
"Quietly, without pretension, The Donner Party does what true national epics always do; it celebrates the trials, contradictions and ultimate fate of the vital energies that a people value most." - The Atlantic
The Donner Party, to me, seems a strange topic for an epic poem, but in this job one has to keep an open mind, and if the Atlantic and National Observer both think it wonderful, who am I to disagree. Look for this book in the poetry section.
