Wilderness Journals of Everett Ruess

Outwardly the Ruess diaries read very much like a straightforward chronology of his travels during 1932 and 1933, but in amongst the factual information are disclosed insightful nuggets of self-criticism, doubt and despondency that help in rounding out the incomplete picture provided in his elsewhere-published letters. Unfortunately, his mother had erased many lines that were likely the most revealing and confessional passages. Nevertheless, one can still read between the lines and piece together a portrait of the complex character that he was.A valuable document of a remarkable youth.