Desert Rats by Joe Kraus
There's probably no definition of a desert rat other than someone who lives, breathes, and thinks desert. As harsh as things were in their surroundings, they would have it no other way. They came soon after the West was already won, when Indian wars, gunfights, cattle drives, and range disputes were history. For them they came to make their mark in a place nobody else wanted. Most of them were prospectors, but not all. Others tended store, drove wagons, or just were up to no good most of the time. What they all had in common was that they were fixtures, permant implants in the sand. No guidebooks told them how they were to conduct themselves. So they became colorful and crusty to match the land. Along the way they had fun - and a good laugh.
Joe Kraus spent his high school years in Salem Oregon and was voted most likely to succeed in his North Salem High School journalism class. That was all the encouragement he needed. His first national magazine article was published while he was still in high school. And after his military service and going to college, he ended up as a managing editor on several daily newspapers. Since then some 300 articles has followed, published in more than 60 different national periodicals. He has founded two national magazines, Autograph Collector Magazine and Child Stars Magazine, both now are no longer published. This gave more time to focus on his non-fiction books. Joe's first book, Alive in the Desert, published in 1978, was used in the popular TV series Air Wolf starring Ernest Borgnine. A revised edition of the book Staying Alive In The Desert: The Complete Guide To Desert Survival was released April 2017. Other books released to date are Desert Rats: They Came With A Pick, A Shovel And A Dream and The Famous & Successful: Their Advice For All Of Us that was co-written by Ron Stovall. Married to his wife, Karren for nearly 50 years, they have three grown children Heidi Delaney, Peter Kraus, and Rebecca Sprinkle and six grandchildren Jaycee Henson, Shawn Kraus, Caitlyn Sprinkle, Joshua Sprinkle, Addyson Sprinkle, and Carter Sprinkle.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780998632339 |
| ISBN 10 | 0998632333 |
| Title | Desert Rats |
| Author | Joe Kraus |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Celebrity Galleries |
| Year published | 2017-09-03 |
| Number of pages | 146 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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