His first book, The Donner Party,
has been made into a play, which was presented
on PBS and other locations, and is now
being made into an opera.
And he has also written The Best Blood
of the Country, a three-act verse play about Aaron Burr.
He's currently director of the creative writing
program at California State University, Chico.
Mr. George Keithley.
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