Route 66 icon Ron Chavez just released his first book of road stories at age 71. As a New Mexico native, he rose to national fame as owner of the Club Café on Route 66 in Santa Rosa. 
United States of America (Press Release) January 22, 2008 --
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Book Title: Time of Triumph
Author: Ronald P. Chavez, “The Taos Poet and Route 66 Storyteller”
Route 66 icon Ron Chavez, who rose to national fame as owner of the Club Café on Route 66 in Santa Rosa, NM, just launched his full-length book "Time of Triumph." Along with the best chili, sourdough biscuits and gravy along the Mother Road, his free side dish of road stories were relished by all who were lured in by the Fat Man billboards. When his restaurant fell on hard times after corporate fast food hit the freeway, he was forced to close. Disillusioned, depressed and displaced, he wandered New Mexico until he landed in the mountains above Taos where his depleted spirit was revived. Reconnecting with the land and himself, he rose from the ashes like a beautiful Phoenix: brilliant, bold and flying high again.
“Time of Triumph is about the tragedy and triumph of the human spirit; the passion and pain of love that defines the heart. It’s about the horror of war and how ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances overcome injustice and adversity. It’s about hope drawn from the beauty of nature and a lust for life that sweetens the soul. All this is captured in Ron Chavez’s short stories and interwoven with his poetry in both Spanish and English. Time of Triumph grabs your mind, heart and soul, and ignites your emotions.”
Chavez’s short stories and poems allow you to feel, understand, cry, laugh and rage about the human condition. Chavez reaffirms the indomitable human spirit by breathing the real breath of life into characters who stir your deepest emotions and ask you to dig deep into the pit of your soul in response.
Chavez’s Route 66 New Mexico tales present characters who live along the legendary road. He says, “Route 66 is more than two-headed chickens, neon signs and roadside snake pits. The people are the real story.” He admits the mountains and the land played a major role in his healing while inspiring him to keep writing. “Resting Place of Tears” explores the sad truth of the white crosses planted by family and friends along the roads for their too soon departed loved ones. “Time in the Trees” acknowledges the dual power of this land to destroy and to heal. “Seeking the Light” portrays the Mountain Spirit as a journey that resonates with the landscape but originates within. “Cry Hope” is a desperate dark-night-of-the-soul plea to be able to laugh again. “The Loneliest Road” is a light-hearted departure from the intensity of Chavez’s journey. At the end of the book, you are gratefully released from the emotional grip of the experience, but by the next day, you can hardly wait for his next book.
January 2008, Booksurge Publishing released Chavez’s long-awaited collection of short stories and selected poems. It is available online at www.Amazon.com, and will also be on www.BookSurge.com for wholesale purchase.
Book Title: Time of Triumph
Author: Ronald P. Chavez, “The Taos Poet and Route 66 Storyteller”
Route 66 icon Ron Chavez, who rose to national fame as owner of the Club Café on Route 66 in Santa Rosa, NM, just launched his full-length book "Time of Triumph." Along with the best chili, sourdough biscuits and gravy along the Mother Road, his free side dish of road stories were relished by all who were lured in by the Fat Man billboards. When his restaurant fell on hard times after corporate fast food hit the freeway, he was forced to close. Disillusioned, depressed and displaced, he wandered New Mexico until he landed in the mountains above Taos where his depleted spirit was revived. Reconnecting with the land and himself, he rose from the ashes like a beautiful Phoenix: brilliant, bold and flying high again.
“Time of Triumph is about the tragedy and triumph of the human spirit; the passion and pain of love that defines the heart. It’s about the horror of war and how ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances overcome injustice and adversity. It’s about hope drawn from the beauty of nature and a lust for life that sweetens the soul. All this is captured in Ron Chavez’s short stories and interwoven with his poetry in both Spanish and English. Time of Triumph grabs your mind, heart and soul, and ignites your emotions.”
Chavez’s short stories and poems allow you to feel, understand, cry, laugh and rage about the human condition. Chavez reaffirms the indomitable human spirit by breathing the real breath of life into characters who stir your deepest emotions and ask you to dig deep into the pit of your soul in response.
Chavez’s Route 66 New Mexico tales present characters who live along the legendary road. He says, “Route 66 is more than two-headed chickens, neon signs and roadside snake pits. The people are the real story.” He admits the mountains and the land played a major role in his healing while inspiring him to keep writing. “Resting Place of Tears” explores the sad truth of the white crosses planted by family and friends along the roads for their too soon departed loved ones. “Time in the Trees” acknowledges the dual power of this land to destroy and to heal. “Seeking the Light” portrays the Mountain Spirit as a journey that resonates with the landscape but originates within. “Cry Hope” is a desperate dark-night-of-the-soul plea to be able to laugh again. “The Loneliest Road” is a light-hearted departure from the intensity of Chavez’s journey. At the end of the book, you are gratefully released from the emotional grip of the experience, but by the next day, you can hardly wait for his next book.
January 2008, Booksurge Publishing released Chavez’s long-awaited collection of short stories and selected poems. It is available online at www.Amazon.com, and will also be on www.BookSurge.com for wholesale purchase.
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