Inscribed to Roland and Molly Mathias.

"The Road to Shiloh is a collection of poems written since 1984. The title poem is set in the American present but draws heavily on the experience of the American Civil War. It deals with the matter of American identity, from the point of view of a border Southerner, and concomitantly with the racial tension at the heart of the American experience. A multi-part prose introduction relatese the title poem, and the experience of the American South, to the author's own long experience of Wales..." -- back cover

Jon Dressel was born in St. Louis, MO and identifies as Welsh-American. Between 1969 and 1976, he taught at Webster University in St. Louis. In 1976, he helped to establish the Wales Study Centre for American students at Trinity College Carmarthan, which he also directed. He currently lives in St. Louis.