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Wonderful!
I own this and LOVE it. It's both funny and poignant. It riffs on so many different pieces of American literature and yet is still almost silly at times.

The poem is printed in long sheets; the box gives directions and says it could be a "screen" or coverfor a six-foot box.

Starbuck was a contemporary of Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. I believe that all 3 of them were in a poetry seminar with Robert Lowell in Boston.

Starbuck's fantastic - this book must be too!
This is really a reply to the first reviewer who asked about the poet.I haven't read the work yet, but George Starbuck was a fine poet who I knew when he taught at the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop in the mid-60's. He was widely published, but for a reason I've never been able tounderstand, his books are all out of print (except for BONE THOUGHTS, whichis being reissued).He was a wonderful teacher & poker player as wellas being a great poet.His dates are 1931-1996.POETRY Magazine publishedthese lines of his when he died:

Slowly out of the dust-bedeviled air,and off the passing blades of the gang plow, and suddenly in state, as hereand now,the earth gathers the earth.The earth is fair; all that theearth demands is the earth's share; all we pervade and revel in and vow never to lose, always to hold somehow, we hold of earth, in temporary care.

Mr. Starbuck, what is the DEAL?
I found this title at the bookstore where I work, on a storage rack that had obviously not been disturbed for several years.It is not a book but a box, that contains what appears to be a long mimetic poem in the shape ofthe country church yard mentioned in the title, on several sheets of paper. My fellow employees and I decided that it was either a bizarre printingerror or an absurdist manifesto.Has anyone else ever seen it?The factthat it is in print alone prevents me from dismissing it as acaffeine-induced hallucination. If you know anything about the book, or theauthor George Starbuck and his inntentions, post a review. As a gift forthe schizophrenic in your life, or for the friend who's so arcane it hurts,I highly recommend the title. ... Read more

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YES, YES, YES great read
Love the book..
I was born 250 years too late..
I would have liked to been there at the time...
HOWEVER, massacre does not sound like it feels good ! lol

Typical
A good accounting of the state of affairs between England and France at that time. But still no really accurate accounting of the dead and wounded on either side.

MassacreatFortWilliam Henry.
Alittlehistoryaboutthenovel&especiallythemovie,
"LastoftheMohicans" Thebooktellsaboutthehistory
thethewartheywerefightingandthewhyaboutthe
horrificmassacresceneonthetrailfromFortWilliam
Henryinthemovie. ... Read more