Sierra Talks: Anza-Borrego
The enigmatic Marshal South of California’s Anza-Borrego desert region remains a controversial character to this day. Images he described in Desert Magazine of his family’s experiment in primitive living left a lasting impression that obscured the memory of this man as an acclaimed Western novelist.
With the publication of Marshal South Rides Again, a new generation is being introduced to these fast-paced, non-stop action cliffhangers that are set in the land he knew best -- the desert that surrounded his Ghost Mountain home. South weaved local tales about the old Butterfield Vallecito Stage Station around stories he had heard about his backcountry neighbors to develop his storyline and characters.
We will look at the inspiration for these writings and explore Marshal South as a writer and artist with historian and guidebook-author Diana Lindsay. Info: 858-569-6005 or sandiegosierraclub.org.