Special envoy to Coeur d'Alene (Idaho)
Jim Rawles keeps the location of his ranch secret.
Somewhere in northern Idaho, this writer and former American officer has built a retirement where he and his family are preparing for what he calls
“the end of the world as we know it”
.
"I moved to the area in 1991 after leaving
California
where I used to live,"
he explains over the phone.
There were simply too many people and the power of government had become too intrusive.”
Three decades later, Rawles has been emulated.
Having become the best-selling author of political-fiction novels and a guide to survival in the event of disaster, he baptized "American Redoubt" (American redoubt), a term designating a military fortification, this imaginary country which encompasses the mountainous areas of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, plus parts of Oregon and Washington State.
Sparsely populated, far from the coasts and major cities, but…
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