Reviews for Marshal South and the Ghost Mountain chronicles

The average rating for Marshal South and the Ghost Mountain chronicles based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-04-15 00:00:00 Bill Heyer What I’m (re-)reading this week: “Marshal South and the Ghost Mountain Chronicles.” 😀👍 I’m psyching myself up for a trip to the Mojave Desert by re-reading this extraordinary tale of old-school “primitivist” Marshal South. In the 1930s and 40s, the writer and Desert Journal correspondent made the monumental decision to move his young family to a hand-made home on a rocky outcropping in California’s desolate, yet eerily beautiful Anza Borrego desert. They lived there, entirely “off the grid” for 19 years. South documented his family’s experiences in a long series of articles published in the Desert Journal. (While I find South’s tale fascinating and uniquely inspirational, for my upcoming desert adventure with my family I have opted for an AirBnb.)

Review # 2 was written on 2014-01-21 00:00:00 Oscar Santos The quote "Truth is stranger than fiction" came to mind as I read this book. Having been camping at Agua Caliente in the Anza Borrego Desert and living in the Brawley/El Centro area, I feel like I "know" the desert. Now imagine moving your family to the middle of that to stay. All alone. That sums up this book. I totally get it. It's an experiment in dreams and loving the land; getting away from others, the rat-race and back to nature, tranquility and art. It sounds nice, in theory. What eventually happened wasn't a surprise and I thought it interesting that it lasted as long as it did. I didn't need to know some of the personal history that was given but I did like reading the excepts from "Desert Magazine." Some of this is getting to be ancient San Diego history (not many people know about this) so I was glad to read a book about it.