{"product_id":"desert-soliloquy-second-edition-david-michael-rice-9781088023495","title":"Desert Soliloquy Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter living alone in a cave for twenty-nine months in the desolate Avawatz Mountain Range, David shares with readers hysterically funny yarns about how he dealt with tarantulas, excessively annoying tourists, traveling preachers, boot-stealing desert varmints, foul water, a hungry owl forty feet tall, irate fathers, and sheriff deputies in hot pursuit of him. The memoir is written with a unique voice well-suited for story-telling, and includes original research of the USA Southwest and the Mojave Desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history within this memoir includes the trials and travails of the \"two-gun fighters\" Robert Hollimon and Matt Burts; assorted cow detectives and range riders; the ghost of an upset payroll robber, severed Paiute heads; train robbers; bootleggers; the Death Valley Lee Brothers, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Content in the Second Edition: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e33 image plates have been added showing sites I visited, as well as images from historical newspaper clippings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Second Epilogue has been added regarding my life twenty years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinor corrections to Edition One have been corrected, and noted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix II is dedicated to \"two-guns man\" Matt Burts (bootlegger; gun-for-hire; train robber).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix III is dedicated to \"two-guns man\" Bob Hollomon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix IV for Avawatz adventurers to visit a spring I mentioned in Edition One.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix V holds general history with sources of the area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Reading List, which lists some of my research source books that are currently available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Michael Rice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1088023495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781088023495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cactus Thorn Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.97d","brand":"David Michael Rice","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054306062591,"sku":"9781088023495","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b9fc1bfa-d989-4996-97c2-dfa48c0ed3f2.jpg?v=1685029190","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/desert-soliloquy-second-edition-david-michael-rice-9781088023495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}