{"product_id":"the-ratlue-diaries-two-poets-and-the-rocking-k-war-paperback","title":"The Ratlue Diaries: Two Poets and the Rocking K War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKen Lauter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ratlue Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e is a fictionalized memoir of \"the Rocking K War,\" a five-year battle to save the Rincon Valley in Tucson, Arizona. An old cattle ranch, the Rocking K was under threat of being transformed into two luxury hotels, golf courses, and 25,000 new houses. \u003cbr\u003e The tale is told (in both poems and prose) by two poets, one of whom is the author's alter ego. In spite of vastly different personal histories, the two men forge a sometimes strained but deep bond as they take on a ruthless real-estate cabal. They mobilize resistance, raise hell at public hearings, mount a referendum, and endure blowback from a millionaire land-shark-- and of course discuss poetry and life.\u003cbr\u003e The book has the hair-on-fire gonzo-journalistic style of Hunter Thompson--satiric, profane, rapid-fire, and filled with righteous anger and despair. The poems alternate between raw political diatribes and lyrics celebrating the harsh beauty of the Sonoran Desert. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKEN LAUTER received a BA in English from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, an MA in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan, and an ABD in 19th century British Literature at Washington University in St. Louis. He has published poems in a number of journals and several books, including: \u003ci\u003eThe Other \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSide, Before the Light, The Ghosts - Notes \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom a Field Study, Songs from Walnut \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCanyon, Grand Canyon Days, Searching \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003efor Mr. Stevens, The Structure of the Body, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst Kingdoms - Poems from a Vanishing \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandscape, Postcards from Paradise - A Tucson Spring, Vermeer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ein Words, New Mexico Notebook - Late Summer in the Mountains, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Time after Time - a Novel in Verse.\u003c\/i\u003e He currently lives in Nacogdoches, Texas, with his wife, Judith.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45851643642053,"sku":"9781622881536","price":34.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/rVsRsEMN8J9781622881536.webp?v=1771445185","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-ratlue-diaries-two-poets-and-the-rocking-k-war-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}