Zulfikar Ghose

Gregorio is The Incredible Brazilian – At fourteen he loses his virginity to a plantation woman. At fifteen he is lost in the jungle on a punishing expedition against the Indians. At sixteen he becomes master of his fate and numerous naked black slaves. At seventeen he is thrown into jail and suffers indescribable tortures... But, because he is the incredible Gregorio, he escapes to become ruler of a colony of runaway slaves which means new women, new riches, and of course, new adventures...

A collection of previously unpublished poems by the well-known American poet, Carl Sandburg, about such familiar objects and ideas as the moon, manners, eyes, necks, pencils, and clouds.