Four Corners
Under the pen name of Ruth Clapsaddle-Counts
Four Corners is a contemporary look at the public and private lives of two people: Anna Ardmore, an eminent Southwest archaeologist, and her adversary Worthington Rhodes, a powerful transportation czar who threatens annihilation of Anna's cherished ancient pueblo ruins with the construction of a New York to Los Angeles bullet train.
"Had they not left the Four Corners around A.D. 1300, the Anasazi people, with their culture and their advanced architecture, might be thriving today. So come with me to those deserted water and wind-carved monuments of red rock rising above an endless rolling sea of mesas and arroyos. Search with me among those desert-varnished tableaux for buried answers to all our questions." - Anna Ardmore rallying volunteers for her archaeological excavation.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Earle Warren, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, 1998: What a pleasant surprise to discover Ruth Clapsaddle-Counts' wonderful archaeological novel! I found the story fascinating - on its own merits, and because it touched a thread in my own life. Last fall I was privileged to be logistic person for a dig at the 1607-8 site at the mouth of the Kennebec. We found specific remnants of the major building in the fort complex -- a storehouse. As we worked, I had much the same experience as Ruth's heroine, Anna -- feeling the spirits of those who inhabited the site in the past. Then "visiting" Ruth's Four Corners, I loved the plot, was drawn into its intricacies, and the characters were living, believable persons.
Royal City News, Winter, 1999: This reviewer was captivated by the vivid setting, dramatic plot, and fascinating characters. A well-crafted book, Four Corners keeps the pages turning.
