Desolation Ghosts is a 65,000-word adult literary fiction novel in the vein of The Human Stain. It is set in North Cascades National Park and is about a missing traumatized female veteran with alcohol and relationship addictions who changes her mind about killing herself, but then falls off a mountain and must survive in the wilderness while park rangers battle over how much effort should be spent to locate her. The story takes place during the Covid-19 pandemic and the beginning of law enforcement reforms following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. This book will appeal to readers who are interested in national parks, outdoor recreation, the Pacific Northwest, and the controversial issue of how emergency services treat people with mental health challenges. It includes exciting stories, based on real-life events, about using rock climbing and short-haul helicopter techniques to rescue a pack string mule who fell off a trail and a mountain climber who fell off a crag, a shoot-out and its impact on park rangers, a couple drownings, an aquatic body recovery and other sad outdoor tragedies, and funny and scary encounters with bears and other wildlife. If you like Jack Kerouac, Nevada Barr, Bree Loewen, Jon Krakauer, Michael Connelly, James Dickey's Deliverance, Matthew Quick's The Silver Linings Playbook or Scott Heim's Mysterious Skin, you may enjoy Desolation Ghosts.

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Kerouac in Sedro-Woolley source documents

If anyone wants my obsessive research on Jack Kerouac's hour in Sedro-Woolley in 1956, you can get it here. I always thought it was Herb's Chevron he went into, but I finally confirmed it didn't open until 1959, so it must have been Gus's Chevron, which is no longer there. ... Hold the presses!! I just heard from Gus's daughter. It was Gus's Chevron in 1956, but it WAS the same building as Herb's Chevron! For some reason it had a different address, but I'm going to trust the daughter's word over the address. .... WHOA! The gas station owner (Gus) is still alive! 96 years old and still has his mind and memory.

Kerouac source docs

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