Fascinating story.
One of this book's main characters, Micah True aka Caballo Blanco, died last week on a remote Western wilderness run. Don't know if he had his boots on. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hZ-OB7jl7Y...
"caballo had the only funeral he would have wanted: his friends spent days running in the wilderness in his honor."