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Chargement... Everett Ruess: A Vagabond for Beauty (1983)par W. L. Rusho
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Through this combined volume of letters and personal journal entries, the last few years of Everett Ruess's life http://www.everettruess.net/ is partially revealed. Ruess was a dreamer who reveled in nature, travel, and being outdoors. He was also an artist, writer and adventurer who spent much of his latter teenage years exploring the Sierra Nevada region of California and the desert wilderness of the Southwest. He often traveled alone. In November 1934, the twenty year-old Ruess left Escalante, UT and disappeared into the desert canyon lands to the south leaving behind a campsite, his two burros, and part of his camping gear. He was never seen again. His life echoed his words, "When I go, I leave no trace." (lj) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Everett Ruess, the young poet and artist who disappeared into the desert canyonlands of Utah in 1934, has become widely known posthumously as the spokesman for the spirit of the high desert. Many have been inspired by his intense search for adventure, leaving behind the amenities of a comfortable life. His search for ultimate beauty and oneness with nature is chronicled in this remarkable collection of letters to family and friends. < /p> Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Subsequent books on Everett Ruess explore the possibility that Everett suffered from bi-polar disorder I, and later progression into the more severe form at the time of his death. Philip Frandlin does this in, Everett Ruess: His Short Life, Mysterious Death and Astonishing Afterlife. Frandkin, Pulitzer Prize winner, cities numerous professionals and professional organizations to support his opinion.
Why would such speculation be important? It would explain, not only Everett's disappearance, but his fanatical preference for solitude, his sense of "misfit," his unease at being with other folks for very long. It may have contributed to his sense of ecstasy at the beauty of the southwest.
Rusho, to his credit, lets Everett Ruess's view of beauty stand alone, unrelated to mental health issues. I agree with Rusho here. Everett Ruess was not writing of the beauty he found at the local street corner, but the almost mystical views he beheld among the canyons and ancient dwellings of the southwest. He hiked and rode under the stars during thunderstorms, sunsets, full moons. Surely, these are breathtaking in themselves, regardless of the beholders mental state. And this is the contribution Rusho makes in revealing the life of of this desert wanderer who speaks to us from almost a cerntury past. ( )