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Gravity Hill MAXIMILIAN WERNER A MEMOIR Gravity Hill Gravity Hill MaxiMilian Werner a MeMoir the university of utah press Salt Lake City Copyright © 2013 by The University of Utah Press. All rights reserved. The Defiance House Man colophon is a registered trademark of the University of Utah Press. It is based on a four-foot-tall Ancient Puebloan pictograph (late PIII) near Glen Canyon, Utah. 17 16 15 14 13 1 2 3 4 5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Werner, Maximilian. Gravity Hill / Maximilian Werner. pages cm isbn 978-1-60781-242-5 (paper : alkaline paper) isbn 978-1-60781-243-2 (ebook) 1. Werner, Maximilian—Childhood and youth. 2. Werner, Maximilian—Mental health. 3. Salt Lake City (Utah)—Biography. 4. Teenagers—Utah—Salt Lake City— Biography. 5. Subculture—Utah—Salt Lake City—History—20th century. 6. Mar- ginality, Social—Salt Lake City—History—20th century. 7. Mormons—Utah—Salt Lake City—History—20th century. 8. Suburban life—Utah—Salt Lake City—His- tory—20th century. 9. Salt Lake City (Utah)—Social conditions—20th century. 10. Salt Lake City (Utah)—Social life and customs—20th century. I. Title. F834.S253W47 2013 979.2›258033—dc23 2012037040 Cover painting: Natural History, by Bradford Overton © 2012. Used by permission of the artist. Art direction for cover painting by Audrey Z. Smith. Cover design by Jessica A. Booth. Printed and bound by Sheridan Books, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan In memory of Travis Merrill Heretofore I have been trying to save my precious hide, trying to preserve the few pieces of meat that hid my bones. I am done with that. I have reached the limits of endurance. My back is to the wall; I can retreat no further. —Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer Contents acknoWledgMents xi author’s note xiii Part I. trilliuM 1 Part II. heat Monster 44 Part III. canine tableaux 91 Part IV. earthshine 133
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