I was never sick in the Gila. I've been sick several times in here. I've heard about him. I'd like to read his book, The Ben Lilly Legend. But Ben Lilly wouldn't be allowed to live like that today, any more than me.
True individuals are a rare species today.
There's no room for an individual anymore. Not just in the wilderness, but anywhere. Our society won't allow it. Price said he was a religious man. As he described his beliefs, I was reminded of the 19th century New England transcendentalists whom, with the exception of Henry David Thoreau, Price had not read.