Marshal South And The Ghost Mountain Chronicles: An Experiment In Primitive Living (Adventures in the Natural and Cultural History)
The Desert! Either you will love it or you will hate it. If you hate it, you will fly from it and wish to never see it's face again. If you love it, it will hold you and draw you as will no other land on earth. —Marshal South
This book chronicals the seventeen years (1930 to 1947) that poet, artist, and author Marshal South and his family lived on the remote, waterless mountaintop in California's Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, which is referred to as "Ghost Mountain." This book is a "must read" if you plan to visit the Anza-Borrego State Park.
(Note from Kelly: My husband and I hiked the gruelling one mile trek up to "Yakuitepec," and all that was left were a few remanants and frames from what used to stand there.
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