Lost Skiff

Donald Wetzel, Mark Harris

Donald Wetzel, now deceased, was a writer, humanist, and anti-war activist. Following the death of his mother when he was thirteen, Wetzel was separated from his family and moved to a relative’s farm in rural Alabama where he developed a deep love of nature. He moved often between the South and the West, ultimately making his home in Arizona. Wetzel authored eight novels, several humor pieces, and countless articles, poems, and essays. His first novel, A Wreath and a Curse, was adapted into a Broadway play, All Summer Long. He received a Guggeheim fellowship, and while living in rural Alabama, wrote two of his novels.