Gunslinger: Bks. 1 & 2

by Ed Dorn

Hardcover. Jacket is marked on rear and shelfworn, with one or two minor nicks on edges, and further wear to spine. Light foxing on page block. Gift dedication on title page; penned correction to publication date on publisher's page. Text is clear, and binding is sound. TS

Genres: Poetry

80 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1970

About the author

Edward Merton Dorn was born in Villa Grove, Illinois. He grew up in rural poverty during the Great Depression. He attended a one-room schoolhouse for his first eight grades. He later studied at the University of Illinois and at Black Mountain College (1950-55). At Black Mountain he came into contact with Charles Olson, who greatly influenced his literary worldview and his sense of himself as poet.[citation needed]

Dorn's final examiner at Black Mountain was Robert Creeley, with whom, along with the poet Robert Duncan, Dorn became included as one of a trio of younger poets later associated with Black Mountain and with Charles Olson.