The Trail Behind Me

From his earliest days as a writer, Mark Lacy has used the natural world as a setting for his work. "The Trail Behind Me" is a collection of his short works, ranging from memoirs to poetry, short stories, and essays, most of which appear here for the very first time. Lacy takes us from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Space Coast of Florida and the Adirondacks, from the Great Wall of China and the coast of Denmark to the hills of Ireland. Each work has some connection to nature, or...
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From his earliest days as a writer, Mark Lacy has used the natural world as a setting for his work. "The Trail Behind Me" is a collection of his short works, ranging from memoirs to poetry, short stories, and essays, most of which appear here for the very first time. Lacy takes us from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Space Coast of Florida and the Adirondacks, from the Great Wall of China and the coast of Denmark to the hills of Ireland. Each work has some connection to nature, or trails - both literal and metaphorical. The fabric of these works includes explorations both real and imaginary; woven through these works are threads of experience and retrospection. From humor to horror, from desire to danger, "The Trail Behind Me" is a multifaceted journey across a personal landscape.