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02034aam a2200289Ki 4500 001 602881EA6B5811E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150217s2014 caua f000 0 eng d 020 $a 0989785912 020 $a 9780989785914 035 $a (OCoLC)903543485 040 $a JRF $c JRF $e rda $d JRF $d OCLCO $d OCP $d CUY $d OCLCF $d CLE $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d CDX $d IWA $d SILO 245 00 $a Bad luck, hot rocks : $b conscience letters and photographs from the Petrified Forest / $c edited by Ryan Thompson & Phil Orr. 260 $a Los Angeles, CA , $b Ice Plant, $c [2014] 300 $a 143 pages : $b illustrations, some color ; $c 26 cm 520 $a The Petrified Forest National Park in Northeast Arizona protects one of the largest deposits of petrified wood in the world. Despite stern warnings, visitors remove several tons of petrified wood from the park each year, often returning these rocks by mail (sometimes years later), accompanied by a "conscience letter." These letters often include stories of misfortune attributed directly to their theft: car troubles, cats with cancer, deaths of family members, etc. Some writers hope that by returning these stolen rocks, good fortune will return to their lives, while others simply apologize or ask forgiveness. "They are beautiful," reads one letter, "but I can't enjoy them. They weigh like a ton of bricks on my conscience. Sorry." Bad Luck, Hot Rocks documents this ongoing phenomenon, combining a series of original photographs of these otherworldly "bad luck rocks" with facsimiles of intimate, oddly entertaining letters from the park's archives. 650 0 $a Remorse. 650 0 $a Guilt and culture $z United States. 651 0 $a Petrified Forest National Park (Ariz.) $x History. 700 1 $a Thompson, Ryan. 700 1 $a Orr, Phil. 710 1 $a United States. $b National Park Service. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230907010845.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=602881EA6B5811E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search