Donna Quixote

I hope the Arnolds enjoyed the cookbook. Candidly, I’m just relieved that there were no intentional (or unintentional), unfortunate alliterative misspellings of the “Kountry Kooking'” variety.

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This book apparently was purchased on a visit to Kit Carson’s home. The owner carefully cataloged related stops along the way. It’s easy to imagine this person enjoying purchasing and reading the book while on the visit.
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Written by Senator Albert Gore and published in 1970, this book is a campaign biography where he recounts his refusal to sign the “Southern Manifesto.”

“I was placed in the anguishing position of either violating my legislative conscience by signing a thoroughly unsound document or of appearing to go ‘against the South,’ ” he wrote. But, he said, “I took a stand on principle and the people of my state approved.” Mr. Gore, Senior was a remarkable figure, willing to act of conscience and to pay the political consequences.
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Desert Solitaire depicts Abbey’s preoccupation with the deserts of the American Southwest. He describes how the desert affects society and more specifically the individual on a multifaceted, sensory level.

One of Abbey’s finest non-fiction books, according to David, who is a huge fan. We hope Bobby appreciated this book.
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