{"product_id":"the-wilderness-journals-of-everett-ruess","title":"The Wilderness Journals of Everett Ruess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I would like to be influenced  taken in hand by some one  but I dont think there is anyone in the world who knows enough to be able to advise me. I cant find my ideal anywhere. So I am rather afraid of myself.\" --Everett Ruess  29 May 1932 journal entry Driven to the beauties of Nature  yet both enraptured and tormented by what he say and felt  young Everett Ruess wandered alone through the High Sierras and across the scenic deserts of the Four Corners region. He made forays during warm seasons of the year beginning in 1930. Then in late 1934  not yet twenty-one years old  he mysteriously disappeared from the Escalante Canyon area of Southern Utah  and was never seen again. While most of his lyrically written  essay-type letters are in print  his only existing journals--for 1932 and 1933--have never before been published. These journals were his companions  a place where he confided his joys  his regrets  his complaints  and his aspirations  as well as some exciting adventures. They also provide us with insight into Everetts deeper feelings toward the complexity  the frustrations  as well as the beauty of life. W.L. Rusho is the editor of Everett Ruess: A Vagabond for Beauty (Gibbs Smith  Publisher) and is working on a forthcoming photographic essay book on Everett Ruess country.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964052336693,"sku":"ByrdShop_0879058633","price":31.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780879058630.jpg?v=1770446889","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-wilderness-journals-of-everett-ruess","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}