Literary Luminary 8-10

"It is widely believed that Ruess fell to his death while scrambling on one or another canyon wall. Given the trecherous nature of local topography (most of the cliffs that riddle the region are composed of navajo sandstone, a crumbly statum that erodes into smooth, bulging precipices)..." Pg. 94
Imagery: "...scrambling on one or another canyon wall."

"On September 13, he was rolling down an empty ribbon of blacktop outside Jamestown, North Dakota, leading his harvest crew home to Carthage after wrapping up the four month cutting lesson in Montana, when the VHF Barked to life."
Personification: "...the VHF barked to life."