Marshal South And The Ghost Mountain Chronicles: An Experiment In Primitive Living (Adventures in the Natural and Cultural History)

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Summary: Rebirth of the Desert Prophet
Review: After being quiet for more than 50 years, Marshal South is finally being introduced to a new generation. This book is not only priceless in terms of making South's work available again, it is also a timely reminder of why connecting with nature is vital to our existence. The first section of the book is a short history of Marshal and how his family built their dream on a waterless mountain in the Anza-Borrego Desert. Diana Lindsay has done a phenomenal job investigating and revealing the truth about the South's and what really happened in the end. Then Rider, the oldest of the South's three children, reflects on what it was like to live with nature in the raw during the first 12 years of his life. The rest (and major portion) of the book reprints Marshal's monthly columns that appeared in Desert Magazine. Every one is like a visit with the last tribal elder of a vanishing tribe.

This is a haunting story. To imagine what is was like to live apart from civilization from birth and experience nature in a way the rest of us only dream of draws out feelings that are hard to describe. If we could only do it for just one year...

This book is for anyone who loves nature, especially the desert kind. South's philosophy and words about modern life are more valuable than ever.