Loud, boisterous conversation is but little less offensive
to him than vulgarity in speech or action. His friends are strong,
clean-minded men who are doing things in the world and are as necessary
to his being as the air to his existence, and his generosity to them is
no less marked than his caring and providing for his family, which is
almost a passion. He is extremely fond of most forms of out-door life.
The desert with its vast expanse, fierce solitude and varied colors is
no less attractive to him than the peaceful quiet of wooded dells, the
beauty of flowering meadows or the rugged mountains with their roaring
trout streams that furnish him hours of sport with rod and line. He
enjoys hunting, horse-back riding or long tramps afoot. But when there
is work to be done it is the one thing that bulks largest and all else
must wait.
After finishing "The Eyes of the World," Mr. Wright embarked on the
building of a home in the Santa Monica mountains near Hollywood,
California. So in the summer of 1915 the little family of five
began making their residence in the new canyon home, one of nature's
delightful spots.
Then again, the author went into camp in the Arizona desert while
writing "When a Man's a Man." For he finds it very helpful to live in
the atmosphere of his story while doing the actual writing and he also
avoids frequent interruption.
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