{"product_id":"9781529376104-a-vagabond-for-beauty","title":"A Vagabond for Beauty","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA John Murray Journey\u003cbr\u003eThe remarkable story of Everett Ruess, told through his letters, diaries and poems. A John Murray Journey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTRODUCED BY PAUL KINGSNORTH, Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I thought that there were two rules in life - never count the cost, and never do anything unless you can do it wholeheartedly. Now is the time to live.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtist and wanderer Everett Ruess left home at the age of sixteen to immerse himself in the harsh desert landscapes of the American Southwest. With only his donkeys for company, driven by an insatiable longing for beauty and experience, he ventured ever further from civilisation and into the wilderness of Navajo country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In 1934, at the age of twenty, he vanished without trace in Utah, a disappearance that remains unsolved to this day. Through letters, diary excerpts and poems - charting not only his rugged adventures and his exquisite nature writing but his progression as a writer, and into adulthood - and with commentary by W. L. Rusho, \u003ci\u003eA Vagabond for Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e tells his remarkable story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450732196214,"sku":"9781529376104","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28254953.jpg?v=1760453887","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529376104-a-vagabond-for-beauty","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}