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The Ratlue Diaries is a fictionalized account of events occurring 30 years ago in the grass-roots rebellion against the Rocking K. Ranch rezoning, a scheme to urbanize the sparsely populated Rincon Valley, twenty-five miles from downtown Tuscon, Arizona.  Timely and timeless, this is a dramatic and deeply moving account of events in a Southwestern town and the repercussions that will forever change a young man's view of human greed and compassion. Steeped in detail, this poetic account of mankind at his worst will leave the reader longing cool breezes and courtships call of the mourning dove.

Produktbeschreibung
The Ratlue Diaries is a fictionalized account of events occurring 30 years ago in the grass-roots rebellion against the Rocking K. Ranch rezoning, a scheme to urbanize the sparsely populated Rincon Valley, twenty-five miles from downtown Tuscon, Arizona.  Timely and timeless, this is a dramatic and deeply moving account of events in a Southwestern town and the repercussions that will forever change a young man's view of human greed and compassion. Steeped in detail, this poetic account of mankind at his worst will leave the reader longing cool breezes and courtships call of the mourning dove.
Autorenporträt
Ken Lauter received his BA in English from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, his MA in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan, and his ABD in 19th century English Literature at Washington University in St Louis. He has published poems in a number of journals and several books, including: The Other Side, Before the Light, The Ghosts – Notes from a Field Study, Songs from Walnut Canyon, Grand Canyon Days, Searching for Mr. Stevens, The Structure of the Body, First Kingdoms – Poems from a Vanishing Landscape, Postcards from Paradise – A Tucson Spring, Vermeer in Words, New Mexico Notebook – Late Summer in the Mountains, and Time after Time – a Novel in Verse. He currently lives in Nacogdoches, Texas, with his wife, Judith.