Bibliograph

Finding Everett Ruess, the life and unsolved disappearance of a legendary wilderness explorer, David Roberts

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Finding Everett Ruess, the life and unsolved disappearance of a legendary wilderness explorer, David Roberts

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Finding Everett Ruess

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

706677590

Responsibility statement

David Roberts

Sub title

the life and unsolved disappearance of a legendary wilderness explorer

Summary

Traces the life of the early twentieth-century adventurer, writer, and watercolor artist, describing his early years as a child prodigy, his solitary journeys through the American Southwest, and his mysterious 1934 disappearance in Navajo country

Table Of Contents

pt. 1: The desire to live. "I have given the wind my pledge" ; "I have been one who loved the wilderness" ; "The crazy man is in solitude again" ; "I go to make my destiny" ; "I have seen more beauty than I can bear" -- pt. 2: Say that I kept my dream. Nemo ; Desert trails ; Cult and conundrum ; "No least desire for fame" -- pt. 3: What Aneth saw. Jackass Bar ; Comb Ridge -- Epilogue: Happy journeys

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