[imardmd1]

Correction. December 30, 2012.
Death Valley IS hotter than Libya...

Thank you. That is quite interesting.
Reference?
Zane Grey wrote about Death Valley, long ago.
I may have the book yet.
I read it about 30 years ago.
I imagine the book was 50 years old then.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Google "Death Valley Hotter Than Libya and you'll find lots of articles from last week and from September 2012. You'll have to follow the links in them back to the original source. I just happened to spot it in our local newspaper last week.

I love Zane Grey's books, too. Haven't read any in a long while, though. Maybe you're thinking of his autobiographical "Tales of Lonely Trails" which I just discovered on a Google search.