A small child somehow survived her fall from the heavens into a remote mountainous area of a dense rain-forest in North America. Fate did not cause the fall, but it did pick the place of her survival. It was here in this region of giant cedars and moss-covered valleys that an odd couple would find and raise her to adult-hood. One was an old man that had lost the love of his life and a will to live. The other was a curious Bigfoot named, Gary.

Mrs. Jeeper's class is visiting Ruby Mountain to learn about nature, and along the way Eddie spots enormous tracks on the dirt trail. He's sure that the tracks belong to the square-dancing teacher--a large, hairy man resembling Bigfoot. Is he really the legendary beast?

After a long hard week at work, what could be more relaxing than a nice quiet weekend of camping? Nothing. So the camper thought... While collecting his camping gear and supplies this happy go lucky camper pictured the scene. The lush green wilderness, the sweet smell of country fresh air, the sounds of birds greeting one another. Will that be the only sights and sounds in the woods? The hidden campsite was even better than the eager camper had imagined. A calm peace filled his hearts and soul as he took in all the beauty that surrounded him. What else will his heart and soul be filled with? After camp was set up and the supplies were unpacked, this temporary home was now a haven of rest. "This is the place to be, I wish I would stay here and never leave" said the camper out loud. One should be careful what he wishes for... While gathering some wood for a cozy campfire, something caught the camper's eye. Was this real or were his eyes playing tricks on him? This can't be real, or is it? What did the camper see? Brian Wraught grew up in the Ozark Mountains of Willow Springs Missouri. When he wasn't swimming, fishing, or playing baseball he was listening to music. The sounds of the notes, chords, harmonies and melodies were tattooed in his heart and soul. This love for music led him to play the drums in a garage band in his younger years. One day a band mate suggested that he try writing songs. This idea was completely foreign to him. "Only professionals write songs, I'm just an amateur" was his thinking at the time. But, Brian decided to give it a shot anyway. He enjoyed the challenge of coming up with an idea that sounded good and made sense to someone other than him. Well, the record labels never called and the band never made it out of the garage but there's one thing that did, his love for writing songs. "The telling of a story in a poetic rhythm is like French fries to me, I can't get enough."

A Bigfoot Bestiary and Other Wonders is a compendium of natural and unnatural astonishment, anatomizing all those big, hairy monsters that haunt the human condition. Follow their footprints through these pages, and Martin Achatz may just make you a believer in the greatest mystery of all: Love with a capital "L". "Martin Achatz knows what it is to be big and hairy and to express the animal inside us. To paraphrase the Zen koan, live as if you were already Bigfoot. If Iowa Poet Laureate Marvin Bell has his Dead Man poems, Michigan's Achatz has rendered poetical the great ape of the Northwoods, and he eloquently and determinedly immerses us in the dream, meanwhile paying homage to Robert Frost, Pablo Neruda, Wallace Stevens, Flannery O'Connor, and all the other wonderful monsters." -Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of The Waters and American Salvage "Martin Achatz reimagines the legendary Bigfoot in his newest book, a funny and moving collection of poems that is playfully serious. Achatz melds cryptozoologic wonder with the heartrending stuff of the everyday world ... a fierce Sasquatch howl that illuminates and reveals the fragile state of our collective humanity." -W. Todd Kaneko, author of This Is How the Bone Sings "Newsflash! Bigfoot has been found! He resides in the mind of Martin Achatz who rides with 'love as big as Kong' this doppelgänger of a beast straight into the mystery that is his own life. And with abundant humor as well-Bigfoot has late fees at the Carnegie Library, goes trick-or-treating, auditions for Picasso to replace the Minotaur." -Dennis Hinrichsen, author of Dominion + Selected Poems Author of The Mysteries of the Rosary and a former U.P. Poet Laureate, Martin Achatz lives in Ishpeming, Michigan with his family. In his spare time, he chases comets and Bigfoot. From Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com

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