Poog and the Caboose Man
The Mythology of a Child
A Vista of Autobiography
by Percy MacKaye
The Bond Wheelwright Co. 1952
242 pages, hardbound $10.50
(These books are slightly discolored with age.)
Here we are introduced to an extraordinary folk character, a kind of guardian of childhood consciousness, in the person of Zodiac Cobb, the Caboose Man. Hints of Grimm’s fairy tales, Norse Mythology and mumble-de-peg are magically interwoven. Foreword by Padraic Colum.
