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Paperback. Condizione: VG. Signed by author at the title page. Author's Note: For readers residing outside New York's Ulster and Greene Counties, some place names and local expressions may be unfamiliar. What area maps show as the Shawangunk Mountains are pronounced SHONG-gum Mountains, and one of the trails is actually spelled Shongum Path. The two-syllable spelling and pronunciation, in addition to being authentic, are also more useful poetically, so I have employed them throughout this volume. The white quartzite crown rock of the Shongum Mountains, technically Shawangunk conglomerate, is called Shongum grit or grits locally; several poems use or allude to these terms. The Peters Kill (in "Old Hat") is a well-loved stream whose name has recently been found to refer to a Dutchman whose given name was Peter; thus the stream should actually be called Peter's Kill. I am skeptical, however, that long-held usage will ever be swayed by historical correctness, so I have followed local usage. The Vly (Dutch for bog or swamp) referred to in "The One-Armed Woodchopper" is an area in Ulster County about four miles northwest of Stone Ridge. The West Kill referred to in "Trillium Trail" is not the stream but one of the taller Catskill Mountains. And in "Invocation" the phrase "Slide's snow" refers to Slide Mountain, the tallest Catskill peak.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Signed and inscribed by the author on the flyleaf. The book appears to have possibly never been read. Anne Schley Ross (illustratore). Inscribed by Author.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good-. Inscribed by author. Includes four poems, on type-written sheets (Arbutus Days, Space Travel, Survival is the Main Thing, and A Face Cord) , all dated 2000 -- one with handwritten corrections; probably from a reading. Also includes copy of a 1998 news clipping from the New Paltz Herald, and the original press release for the book. The book itself is tightly bound, and the pages unmarked and only slightly yellowed. Cover has only minor wear, except for sticker damage on back. ; Signed by Author.…