From 1930 to 1947, poet, artist and author Marshal South and his family lived on Ghost Mountain—a remote, waterless mountaintop that is today within Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. In Marshal South and the Ghost Mountain Chronicles South writes about his family’s controversial primitive lifestyle through popular monthly articles written for Desert Magazine. The articles reflected his passion for the desert while praising its early inhabitants and their lifestyle.
Edited by Diana Lindsay, This book was compiled with the guidance of Marshal South’s son, Rider who told the true story and set the record straight after over 50 years of speculation and rumors about their lives. Secrecy, changed names and dates, and lost and burned records and letters have hidden the truth all of these years, even from family members – until now. The book includes Marshal South’s children’s memories and all of his Desert Magazine articles as well as never-before-published photographs of the family.
Delve into this fascinating story about a family who lived “off the grid” for 17 years in what is now part of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
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