Gay interest. Frontier parody. First book in Amory's "Song of the Loon" series. Cover copy reads: "A gay pastoral in five books and an interlude...A mystical blend of elements from Hudson's Green Mansions, J. F. Cooper's Leatherstocking tales, and the works of Jean Genet. What evolves is unique and inimitable...an unforgettable fantasy. It will leave no reader unstirred, for everyman knows, secretly, that he can indeed hear the haunting cry that is...The Song of the Loon." / Attractive, vintage mass market/pocket paperback with colorful wraparound painted cover art. Cover is lightly toned and speckled with some short thumb creases. Light bumping to corners and short (closed) split to foot of spine. Pages faintly edge tanned, but supple. Binding square and solid.