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Originally published by National Geographic Society / Adventure Press as Jack Ruby’s Kitchen Sink. Copyright © 2000 by Tom Miller.

Revenge of the Saguaro: Offbeat Travels Through America’s Southwest. Copyright © 2010 by Tom Miller. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written consent from the publisher, except for brief quotations for reviews. For further information, write Cinco Puntos Press, 701 Texas Avenue, El Paso, TX 79901; or call 1-915-838-1625.

The first draft of many incidents and episodes described in this book appeared in the following publications, more than half of which, I am chagrined to note, have since folded. Arizona Trend, The Berkeley Barb, Cineaste, Crawdaddy, Hard Times, Hemispheres, The Nation, New West, the New York Times, Olé, Oui, Phoenix New Times, Nuestro, SunDance, Travel & Leisure, and Tucson Monthly. Additionally, album notes from the Rhino Records release, The Best of La Bamba. “El Paso” by Marty Robbins. © Copyright 1959. Renewed 1987. Mariposa Music Inc./BMI (admin. By EverGreen Copyrights). All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Faleena (From El Paso)” by Marty Robbins. © Copyright 1966. Renewed 1994. Mariposa Music Inc./BMI (admin. by EverGreen Copyrights). All rights reserved. Used by permission. Lyrics from “Open Pit Mine” reprinted courtesy GLAD MUSIC CO. © 1961 Glad Music Co. Finally, I am guilty of auto-cannibalism: I have drawn material from two of my own books, On the Border and Arizona: The Land and the People.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Miller, Tom, 1947-

[Jack Ruby’s kitchen sink]

Revenge of the saguaro : offbeat travels through America’s Southwest / by Tom Miller.

p. cm.

Originally published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2000, under title Jack Ruby’s kitchen sink.

ISBN 978-1-933693-90-3

1. Southwest, New--Description and travel. 2. Miller, Tom, 1947—Travel—Southwest, New. 3. Southwest, New—Social conditions. 4. Southwest, New—Social life and customs. I. Title.

F787.M53 2010

917.904’03—dc22

2009042536

COVER ILLUSTRATION: Roger Brown, 1993, color silkscreen, 28 3/16 inches x 22 1/4 inches Copyright © The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Brown Family.

BOOK DESIGN: JB Bryan / La Alameda Press.

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