<blockquote> <p> Who finds this body <br> Be it known <br> My name is George Shannon <br> & I bequeath my remains <br> To seed this land <br> With American bones. </p> </blockquote> <p> From the inimitable Campbell McGrath comes an epic poem of George Shannon, the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, who wandered the prairie alone for sixteen days. Spinning a tale of adventure and wonderment, McGrath gives voice to Shannon's lost weeks in the wilderness, a harrowing journey of survival and discovery. </p> <p> With <i>Shannon</i>, McGrath has created both a thrilling narrative that rises from the once vast, lonely spaces of the American west and a compelling portrait of that now ineradicably altered landscape?then unmapped, wild yet bounteous, teeming with buffalo and home to native peoples?that continues to haunt the American imagination. </p>