Gunslinger. Book III

Mass.: Frontier Press, West Newbury, 1972. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Quarto in grey and white pictorial stapled wraps; 40 unnumbered pages; 31 cm Very good (+); upper corner a bit bumped; staples showing some light rust; pages are clean. Stapled wraps.

A sardonic, brainy, psychedelic romp through the 1970s American subconscious. "The gunslinger is a long form political poem about a demigod cowboy, a saloon madam, and a talking horse named Claude Levi-Strauss, who travel the Southwest in search of Howard Hughes. The conversation stream of the poem is constantly interrupted. Dorn mixes the jargon of drug addicts, Westerners, and others to reflect the jumble of American speech. He seems to intentionally frustrate the reader; syntax is ambiguous, punctuation is sparse, and puns, homonyms, and nonsense words become an integral part of conversation"--From Wikipedia, viewed April 12, 2024

Contents: The LAWG of the Winterbook. The Winterbook. Sublime: starring the man. The secretary to Parmenides sends the nightletter via the biplane.

Notes: Gunslinger I and II were individually published by Black Sparrow Press in 1968-1969. Gunslinger 1 & 2 was also published by Fulcrum Press in 1970.