“Do and do and do…”
John Wesley Weasel
Dear
Walter Wangerin Jr.,
I’m
so glad you did and did and did, and produced this glorious story, the third
and final Book of the Dun Cow.
I’ve
been following the milky, marvelous scent of our Cow since the first book in
1978. The much-handled paperback sits by me now as I write to you. The Book of Sorrows (now Lamentations) is not far from me either,
but all four of us have gathered to applaud this monumental work, Peace at the Last.
Thank
you, thank you, thank you, for the newest story, which is cool like Eden’s
daylight, hot like Wyrm’s underground evil, colorful and delightful as only
God’s creation can be.
I
love the new characters, the hilarous and quirky dialog, the rugged journey, the
beyond-beautiful conclusion, and throughout, your trademark brilliance with
personality, plotlines, and painterly use of language.
Maybe
the best phrase to hand you is the comment from The New York Times: “It is a taut string plucked that reverberates
in memory.” And it is! But it is even more, because this story—the entire
trilogy—reverberates with the deepest and highest musicality: the footprints,
or pawprints, or clawprints, of God Himself walking by.
Thank
you for your profound word-ministry to my life. God bless you kind Walter!
Warmly
in Christ,
Rod
Butler
Saturday, May 24,
2014 Arlington, Texas
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