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Salvation canyon, a true story of desert survival in Joshua Tree, Ed Rosenthal

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Salvation canyon, a true story of desert survival in Joshua Tree, Ed Rosenthal

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Salvation canyon

Oclc number

1125017762

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Ed Rosenthal

Sub title

a true story of desert survival in Joshua Tree

Summary

"Ed Rosenthal was Jewish kid from the mean streets of Rockaway, Queens who became a real estate broker in Downtown Los Angeles. His passion is poetry, writing about the historic buildings he sells and advocates to preserve. He hates slumlords, is fed up with his buyers, but finally closes The Big Deal and saves a century’s-old icon: Clifton’s Cafeteria. It is fall of 2010 and he’s ready to not to talk to anyone for a week. After the ribbon cutting he skips town and makes his way toward the Mojave to bathe at a natural spring and take his favorite hiking trip in Joshua Tree National Park. But his vacation soon turns into a nightmare. Over six grueling days without water, food, or hope, he discovers a well of perseverance in the snippets of his life that play over the deadly but inspiring landscape, in which he finds himself utterly and inexplicably lost. The God of Random Chance has, despite his best efforts his whole life, finally caught up to him. He describes his ordeal and its setting in intimate, vivid detail: surreal visions mix with wayfinding and intuitive wisdom in a poet’s-eye view of the life-lessons and magic that the desert can hold."--Amazon.com

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