Bibliography

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Detour, December 1995 p.29 by Larry Yust.

Preservation (magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation), September-October 1997

Santa Barbara Magazine, Fall 1997 by Michael Smith

Orion Magazine, Spring 1998 p.68-9 by Amy Godine.

Raw Vision #23, Summer 1998 "Top 10 List" by Jim Shaw

Time Magazine, August 17, 1998 p.18 "So Who's Crazy, Them or Us?"

Artforum International, November 1998 by Jim Shaw

Men's Journal, March 1999  p.95. 

Los Angeles Times Magazine, March 28, 1999, p. 20.

Folk Art Messenger  Summer 1999 Vol. 12 #3 p.4-7. "The Interactive Mountain of Leonard Knight" by Larry Yust 
     http://www.folkart.org/mag/salva/salva.html 

Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, June 06, 1999 p21-3,28 by John Woestendiek.

Folk Art Messenger Fall 2000 Vol. 13 #3 p14-6

Chrismon Plus - Das evangelische Magazin June 2001 p.64-9 "Der heilige Berg des Leonard K." by Clark
    Cooley

Trailer Life Magazine February 2002 "Leonard's Mountain, California" p102,99 by Bill Graves.

Readers Digest July 2002 p22

Sun July 2, 2002 p. 41 "Faith moves mountains - and can build them!"

Svenska Journalen Läkarmissionen (Sweden) 2002, "Ett Berg Med Färg" by Lars Blomgren. 

The Economist 9/20-26/2003 p56  Vol. 368 #8342.
    

EZ Magazine (Japan) "Salvation Mountain - A Monument To Love" p.134 by Larry Yust.

Roadside USA (Japan) "California" p166-7 by Kyoichi Tsuzuki 

The National Geographic  March 2005

Books                                                                                         »back to top«

Salvation Mountain - The Art of Leonard Knight, by Larry Yust.  New Leaf Press 1998. ISBN:0-9660778-9-X
    http://www.newleafpress.com/current/descripts/sal_mtn.html   

Eccentric America,  p.231-2. by Janet Friedman. Brant Travel Guides 2001. ISBN 1-84162-023-8
    http://www.eccentricamerica.com/highlights.htm   

Fantasy Worlds   by Deidi von Schaewed and John Maizels.  Taschen 1999.  ISBN:3-82287-1907

Self-Made Worlds: Visionary Folk Art Environments by Roger Manley, Mark Sloan, Jonathan Williams.
    Aperture 1997. ISBN:0893817325 

Eccentric Style by  Angelika Taschen, Deidi Von Schaewen.  Taschen 2002. ISBN:3822816388 

The Mad Monks Guide to California. ISBN: 0-02-831666-9 
   

Raw Creation.  Phaidon 1996. ISBN:0714831492

Outsider Art  p.188. Thames & Hudson 2001.  ISBN:0500203342

Roadtrip USA - California and the Southwest by Jamie Jensen p.152. Avalon Travel Publishing. 
    ISBN 1-56691-190-7.

Americas Heartland  p.205 by Robin Langley Sommer. Barnes and Noble Books 2002.
    ISBN 0-7607-3224-8.

Newspapers                                                                                               »back to top«

Los Angeles Times; "Tell it on the mountain - Modern Day John the Baptist's Hill in the Desert Is a Multicolored Obsession."  Nov 15, 1993.  pg. A3;  by Tony Perry.

Los Angeles Times; "Slab City Showdown - Artwork May Be Bulldozed as an Environmental Hazard."   Jul 11, 1994; pg. 3;  by Tony Perry.

Folkways (City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Newsletter From Folk & Traditional Arts Division.) Critics Choice "Salvation Mountain" Spring 1998 p.7-8 by Daniel Paul.

Orange County Register; "The Painting On The Mount," by Carol McGraw  July 10, 1998.

Los Angeles Times; "A Mountain Man Of High Art, Holy Ideas."  March 4, 1999; by Tracy Johnson

The Lay Of The Land (The Quarterly Newsletter for The Center for Land Use Interpretation) Spring 1999 p.3. 

Washington Post; "A Monumental Belief" January 15, 2000 p. B9, by Bill Broadway and Michael Lutzky 

The Desert Sun, "Desert Life, Desert People Chronicle Slab City Rustics"  by Brian Skoloff January 23, 2000    

The Desert Sun, "Salvation Mountain Says It All." by Brian Skoloff January 23, 2000.   

New York Times; February 18, 2001

Los Angeles Times; "Salvation Mountain Artist Has Blessings Bestowed on His Work. Landmark labor of love in the desert is deemed a National Folk Art Shrine." by Tony Perry.  April 11, 2002.  pg. B.1

The Desert Sun; "Salvation Mountain is Monument to Folk Art" by Jorie and Gordon Parr, April 28, 2002    

Cape Cod Times; "Divine Inspiration," by Tony Perry,  May 9, 2002 p.B1,4. 

Modesto Bee; "Desert Hobo Artist Suddenly Declared National Treasure," by Tony Perry, May 13, 2002 p.D4 

Mercury News; "Once Cursed, Desert Artist is Celebrated Now. Painted Hill Hailed as Folk Art Shrine." by Tony Perry. June 1, 2002.    

The Press-Enterprise; "Wild Life. Residents take things slow and easy in Slab City." pp.B1,B6,  by Joan Osterwalder. September 27, 2004.

Hemet News, "Wild Life. Residents take things slow and easy in Slab City." pp.B1,B6,  by Joan Osterwalder. September 27, 2004.

television & radio                                                     »back to top«       

California's Gold  Huell Howser      
    http://www.calgold.com/calgold/?Series=800&Show=78 

Weird Homes  Episode #12 "Paradise Found," with Arthur Black. Yaletown Entertainment Corp. 1998. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

World News Tonight with Peter Jennings; "Salvation Mountain - Artist Shapes His Tribute to God," June 2, 2002, by Judy Muller.    

The Osgood File (CBS Radio Network): 5/15/03 and 8/21/03 by Charles Osgood. "Man-made Mountain Proclaims God's Message Of Love In California Desert." 
     http://www.acfnewsource.org/religion/salvation_mountain.html

and many unknown others........

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