No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any format or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a website without written permission of the University of Wisconsin Press, except in the case of brief quotations embeddded in critical articles and reviews. Printed in the United States of America Originally published in the United States by Mercury House, San Francisco, California. Earlier versions of “The Butchering” and “The Sow’s Head” appeared in The Sow’s Head and Other Poems (Wayne State University Press, 1968) and Gauguin’s Chair: Selected Poems 1967-1974 (Crossing Press, 1977). A chapter from “Winter” appeared in Margin (London, 1986). “Albert,” “Rumors of War,” and “Halloween” appeared in Zyzzyva (San Francisco, 1988). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataPeters, Robert, 1924– Crunching gravel : a Wisconsin boyhood in the thirties /Robert Peters.
