The Joshua Tree
by Robert Cabot /
1991 / English / EPUB
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Drawing from the legendary heroic life of Bill Keys, this classic
story of the Old and New West uniquely captures the romance and
tragedy of the American West. Cowboy, prospector and miner,
living with the Walapai Indians, 'desert rat', partner of Death
Valley Scotty, rancher in the high Mohave desert, Keys knew
Buffalo Bill, the Parker brothers, General Patton, and did a
five-year stretch in San Quentin for his eighth range-war
shooting.
Drawing from the legendary heroic life of Bill Keys, this classic
story of the Old and New West uniquely captures the romance and
tragedy of the American West. Cowboy, prospector and miner,
living with the Walapai Indians, 'desert rat', partner of Death
Valley Scotty, rancher in the high Mohave desert, Keys knew
Buffalo Bill, the Parker brothers, General Patton, and did a
five-year stretch in San Quentin for his eighth range-war
shooting.
Through the voices of Will Spear (based on Bill Keys) and Lily, a
1960s California girl, Cabot sees people in depth and time as
souls alive in the wandering generations, the waves of migration,
settlement, conquest, and loss, as characters caught in the
larger cycles of nature. The voice that imparts the ground tone
is the meditative voice of the Joshua Tree itself, singing out of
the profound depths of nature, standing as witness to the living
creatures of the desert.
Through the voices of Will Spear (based on Bill Keys) and Lily, a
1960s California girl, Cabot sees people in depth and time as
souls alive in the wandering generations, the waves of migration,
settlement, conquest, and loss, as characters caught in the
larger cycles of nature. The voice that imparts the ground tone
is the meditative voice of the Joshua Tree itself, singing out of
the profound depths of nature, standing as witness to the living
creatures of the desert.