Burning The May Tree: The Sacrifice of Jim Morrison

Unlocks the history and significance of the rock band The Doors in terms of Jim Morrisons published poetry. The book gives us a window into an epic struggle for cultural change and how it was suppressed.A great way to get started with Jims poetry and Doors history. Every time I pick up the new edition of Burning the May Tree I discover a thought or idea about Jims poetry that strikes me as unique and insightful. Yours is the only book to shine a focused intelligent and critical light on Morrisons writing.- Frank Lisciandro co-editor of Wilderness and The American Night books of Jim Morrisons posthumously published poetry.