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High Marsh Road, a finalist for the 1980 Governor General''s Award and a beautiful example of bookmaking, is now back in print. High Marsh Road is a signficant step in the century-long artistic tradition of the Tantramar region, begun by Charles G.D. Roberts and continued by Alex Colville, John Thompson, and Lochhead himself.

The book consists of 122 poems marking daily walks over the windblown marsh. Along with minute particulars of the marsh itself, its weather, and its birds and animals, High Marsh Road is an intimate account of a man''s exploration of nature and the self.



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"His most outstanding poetry ever . . . a very daring book." * Dalhousie Review *
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High Marsh Road

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    A Paperback / softback by Douglas Lochhead

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      Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
      Publication Date: 01/04/1996
      ISBN13: 9780864921925, 978-0864921925
      ISBN10: 864921926
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      High Marsh Road, a finalist for the 1980 Governor General''s Award and a beautiful example of bookmaking, is now back in print. High Marsh Road is a signficant step in the century-long artistic tradition of the Tantramar region, begun by Charles G.D. Roberts and continued by Alex Colville, John Thompson, and Lochhead himself.

      The book consists of 122 poems marking daily walks over the windblown marsh. Along with minute particulars of the marsh itself, its weather, and its birds and animals, High Marsh Road is an intimate account of a man''s exploration of nature and the self.



      Trade Review
      "His most outstanding poetry ever . . . a very daring book." * Dalhousie Review *
      "A book to read and re-read with pleasure." * Canadian Literature *

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