Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West
Chapter 1: The Horses Return

Twentynine Palms, Prologue: Prelude to a Kill

Manuscript Rescued by Desert Angels from Freak Storm
Or how I came to write Twentynine Palms, commit literary murder, and almost dash a decade’s work on an LA boulevard. An essay originally published on booksense.com, March 28, 2002.

No Escape
Twentynine Palms had called me many times and in many ways. Now, try as I might to escape the tale of Amanda Lee Scott and Rosalie Ortega and what happened to them in the desert, I could not. Originally published in the Los Angeles Times Magazine, April 7, 2001.

Trail of Dreams
My infatuation with the Pacific Coast Highway. An essay that appeared in the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Aug. 9, 1998.

Arafat’s Blood
Pondering the meaning of the old warrior donating his blood in Gaza City on September 12, 2001. Who would want it? Who, near death, would not? How many buckets of blood has Yassir Arafat himself spilled? From Rolling Stone’s commemorative 9/11 issue, published Oct. 25, 2001.

Onward, Christian Soldiers
A Nation essay exploring the strange and possibly pre-destined tango between evangelical Christians and Jews. Published June 3, 2002.