**The definitive biography of Everett Ruess, the artist, writer, and eloquent celebrator of the wilderness whose bold solo explorations of the American West and mysterious disappearance in the Utah desert at age twenty have earned him a large and devoted cult following.“Easily one of [Roberts’s] best . . . thoughtful and passionate . . . a compelling portrait of the Ruess myth.”—Outside**Wandering alone with burros and pack horses through California and the Southwe...

Everett Ruess was twenty years old when he vanished into the canyonlands of southern Utah, spawning the myth of a romantic desert wanderer that survives to this day. It was 1934, and Ruess was in the fifth year of a quest to record wilderness beauty in works of art whose value was recognized by such contemporary artists as Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams, and Edward Weston. From his home in Los Angeles, Ruess walked, hitchhiked, and rode burros up the California coast, along the crest of the S...

En 1930, movido por la sed de aventura, y con sólo dieciséis años, Everett Ruess, escritor y pintor en ciernes, emprendió en solitario el primero de cuatro viajes por las inhóspitas y míticas tierras del oeste estadounidense. Un halo de leyenda envuelve su prematura desaparición, cuando apenas contaba veinte años.Justo después del crack bursátil del 29, decidido a llevar una vida sencilla, y con la sola compañía de un sol implacable, sus ansias de absoluto y sus burros, Ev...

En 1930, âgé d’à peine quinze ans, un jeune Californien du nom d’Everett Ruess entreprend seul une série de voyages au cœur des déserts de l’Ouest américain, encore peu connus à l’époque. Au cours des mois qui suivent, il entretient une correspondance nourrie avec sa famille et quelques amis, relatant ses pérégrinations et ses rencontres, partageant ses réflexions sur la vie et la nature. Puis soudain, en 1934, il disparaît sans laisser de traces. Une disparition mystérieu...

The story of a young artist who walked into the Southwestern desert and vanished, and the legends he left behind—includes his personal correspondence.The story of Everett Ruess, who set out into the desert with two burros in 1934 and disappeared into the wilderness of Southern Utah, has for decades been one of the most intriguing mysteries of western lore. A Californian off on an adventure at the age of twenty, he loved poetry, nature, art, and beauty. His family ha...

Death. It haunts the red-rock canyons of Southern Utah, claiming the daring who forget what stalks them. Over seventy years ago, it claimed its most famous victim, the young Everett Ruess, poet, artist, and adventurer. Ever after, the curious have been seeking answers to the mystery of his fate. As the Sheriff of Kane County, it's Jared Buck's job to keep tourists alive and safe as they wander the rugged desert. When a group of Californians shows up claiming they are going to make a blockb...

The Legend of Everett Ruess follows the adventures of the young vagabond as he roamed the southwest in the early thirties.In this compelling narrative, Robert Louis DeMayo has taken journal excerpts, poems, and letters Everett sent to family and friends and turned them into historical fiction. Through this recreation of Everett's travels, we are given rare glimpses of the young artist as he traveled the southwest-much of which was still an unexplored wilde...

**The definitive biography of Everett Ruess, the artist, writer, and eloquent celebrator of the wilderness whose bold solo explorations of the American West and mysterious disappearance in the Utah desert at age twenty have earned him a large and devoted cult following.“Easily one of [Roberts’s] best . . . thoughtful and passionate . . . a compelling portrait of the Ruess myth.”—Outside**Wandering alone with burros and pack horses through California and the Southwe...

Eighty years ago a young man disappeared in the Utah wilderness. A large manhunt followed, but all they turned up was his last camp and a couple burros. Pledge to the Wind, the Legend of Everett Ruess follows the adventures of Everett Ruess from his appearance in the southwest in 1931 when he was only seventeen, until his disappearance in 1934, shortly before he turned 21. Theories abound as to what may have happened to him: drowned crossing the Colorado River, bit by a rattlesnake, fell o...