Robinson Jeffers, Poet of California by James
Karman.
Out of print for many years, James Karman's Robinson Jeffers, Poet of California has been revised and expanded for
this new edition. Karman takes us into the mythic life of
Jeffers and his family as they build their own house on a desolate, rocky point at Carmel-By-The-Sea, where they
carved out a life that honored hard work, self-reliance and the environment.
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Robinson Jeffers died in 1962 at the age of
seventy-five, ending one of the most controversial poetic careers of
this century.
The son of a theology professor at Western Seminary in
Pittsburgh, Jeffers was taught Greek, Latin, and Hebrew as a boy, and
spent three years in Germany and Switzerland before entering the
University of Western Pennsylvania (now Pittsburgh) at fifteen. His
education continued on the West Coast after his parents moved there, and
he received a B.A. from Occidental College at eighteen. His interest in
forestry, medicine, and general science led him to pursue his studies at
the University of Southern California, and the University of Zurich.
