Ruess, Everett, 1914-....

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Birth 1914-03-28

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Everett Ruess was an artist and writer who explored the deserts of the southwest, invariably alone. He was known for cutting linoleum prints of nature and associated with Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange. At the age of 20, he went into the Utah desert with two burros and never returned.

From the description of The Everett Ruess family papers. 1877-2001. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 232614247

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Subjects:

  • Poets, American
  • Artists
  • Explorers

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  • Southwest, New (as recorded)

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