By: Campbell McGrath

An unexpected story and a gem of a book.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The incomparable Campbell McGrath, whom Outside magazine calls, A writer who could help save poetry from academia and get the rest of us reading it again, delivers an astounding work: Shannon, an epic poem that traces the remarkable journey ofthe youngestmember of the Lewis andClarkexpedition. The Kansas City Star praises Shannon as, A luminescent narrativea myth of American character before its corruption, and Campbell McGrathPoet Laureate, Guggenheim Fellowship, Pushcart Prize, and three-time Academy of American Poets Prize winnerproves once again to be truly an everyman poet who channels the spiritof Walt Whitman in this lyrical adventure.