| Everett Ruess: A Vagabond For Beauty | Hardcoverby Gibbs M. Smith, Inc. (Publisher)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Gibbs M. Smith, Inc. | | Edition: | 1stst Edition | | Page Count: | 228 Pages | | Publication Date: | 1983 | | Sales Rank: | 2,066,218nd |
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Introduction by John Nichols. Afterword by Edward Abbey. pp. 228. Black and white illustrations. Collection of letters and biographical information about the artist who disappeared in the Utah desert in 1934 at the age of 21. Ruess traded prints with Ansel Adams and lived for a time with Maynard Dixon and his wife Dorothea Lange. |
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A Unique Individual by K. Ulrich  5 Stars
May 20, 2009
Please try to buy the hard cover copy of this book, as it will contain a treasure trove of pictures of the days when one young man, Everett Ruess, wandered first through parts of California, and later throughout Utah, Colorado, and Arizona in the early 1930s. Everett Ruess came from a comfortable California family who loved nature. He began his first foray into the California wildernesses when he was 16. On his way, he wrote his journals and lots of letters to his friends and family. He was an artist and a poet. His wood cuts are classic and stand the test of time. Restless after he returned home, he set out again, fearlessly wandering across the mountains and desert of the southwest. He rode a horse or a burro, often with his dog, Curly, by his side. He sometimes had a couple of burros. He sometimes stopped for a while and worked at a ranch or something similar, but in time, the wanderlust caught him again.
In 1934, he took his last trip and until this year, seemed to have disappeared into the ether. There was a lot of speculation, but nothing panned out. I am among the countless others that have fallen under the spell of his mysterious young man. This year, (2009) the National Geographic Adventurer magazine broke the story that Everett Ruess' bones had finally been found. Scientific work proved it to be more than speculation. The news appeared on the front page of our Phoenix paper in May of this year. He was apparently murdered in a remote area beyond Lees Ferry, which is located in northern Arizona. I'll leave you to find out the rest of the story.
Everett Ruess is surely deceased, but his spirit will endure and excite the minds of the readers for generations to come. He was a true "Vagabond for Beauty."
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