The Naked Boy

The Naked Boy is a birth-of-the-nation myth. Under the surface of the adventure story in The Naked Boy is an allegory of North America. The story has the logic of a dream. Incongruous historical figures and times coexist. Many of the characters are based on historical figures from Walt Whitman and Cotton Mather to Gloria Steinem and Angela Davis. The story follows the arc of a cyclical, seasonal myth. The Naked Boy makes landfall in early spring and culminates with a harvest time election. This is the never before published full volume.