The Dream and Drink of Freedom [Paperback]

Johnny Dolphin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1987

This is a collection of poems written between 1946 and 1986, chronicling both a personal and a social history of the essence of America. It is in fact the second published volume of Dolphin's poetry. The first -- with the same title -- was seized and burnt in 1952 during the McCarthy period. The poems in this collection were written between 1946 and 1986. They range, in the words of one reviewer, "between the gutter and the galaxies, between the mundane and the mystical". Dolphin read his poetry from Paris to London to Texas, incarnating the poet as maker of new dreams and creator of new worlds. The sound comes off the page.

Editorial Reviews

Review

His dream and drink of freedom is the same original dream that has produced the best inspiration of America. -- Paul Foreman, Austin Texas

Johnny Dolphin conjures a universe that is complete and unexpectedly satisfying. -- Bruce Connolly, Library Journal

About the Author

Dolphin was born in Oklahoma and reared in the lingering traditions of the frontier. At fourteen he left home to join the wave of okies heading to California, picked fruit in the inner valley, worked in a factory, and was later befriended by refugee European intelligentsia. Later he became a trade union organizer in Chicago, then a mining-metallurgical engineer before graduating as a Baker Scholar from Harvard Business School. Since then Dolphin has traveled annually around the planet, co-founded a theatre company, written several short stories, one novel, and over thirty-five plays.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Synergetic Pr (June 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0907791158
• ISBN-13: 978-0907791157
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,259,430 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)