A true classic of poetry for our time!  This is a book for your coffee table to share with others and reference over and over again. 

David L. Mahan is the Henry David Thoreau of modern day, bringing the importance of the past into the decisions we make today and in our future. Trying not to repeat the injustices and doing what is right.  

The book will pull at your heartstrings and will truly give you much to contemplate. 

Enjoyable and Timeless! 

In the spirit of greats like Thoreau and Yeates,

East of Eden’s Gate speaks to the full spectrum of human experience and emotion - the war within and the wars without. You will be moved in places you didn’t remember. And reminded of the truth at the core of it all…love it!! 

The goal to set before us as a nation, the goal which should be set before all mankind, is the attainment of the peace of justice, of the peace which comes when each nation is not merely safe-guarded in its own rights, but scrupulously recognizes and performs its duty
toward others. Generally, peace tells for
righteousness; but if there is conflict between the
two, then our fealty is due first to the cause of
righteousness. Unrighteous wars are common, and
unrighteous peace is rare, but both should be
shunned. The right of freedom and the responsibility
for the exercise of that right cannot be divorced. One
of our great poets has well and finely said that
freedom is not a gift that tarries long in the hands of
cowards. Neither does it tarry long in the hands of
those too slothful, too dishonest, or too unintelligent
to exercise it. The eternal vigilance, which is the
price of liberty must be exercised, sometimes to
guard against outside foes; although of course far
more often to guard against our own selfish or
thoughtless shortcomings.”