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Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989.
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Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989 -- Film adaptations.
Novelists -- American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.
Park rangers -- United States -- Biography.
Desert biology -- Utah -- Arches National Park.
Arches National Park (Utah)
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Desert solitaire : a...
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Desert
solitaire
: a
season
in the
wilderness
/ by Edward Abbey ; drawings by Peter Parnall.
by
Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1990. 1990.
Subjects
Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989 -- Film adaptations.
Novelists -- American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.
Park rangers -- United States -- Biography.
Desert
biology -- Utah -- Arches National Park.
Arches National Park (Utah)
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When
Desert
Solitaire
was first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude and sensitive. Thought-provoking and mystical. Angry and loving. Both Abbey and this book are all of these and more. Here, the legendary author of The Monkey Wrench Gang, Abbey's Road and many other critically acclaimed books vividly captures the essence of his life during three seasons as a park ranger in southeastern Utah. This is a rare view of a quest to experience nature in its purest form -- the silence, the struggle, the overwhelming beauty. But this is also the gripping, anguished cry of a man of character who challenges the growing exploitation of the
wilderness
by oil and mining interests, as well as by the tourist industry. Abbey's observations and challenges remain as relevant now as the day he wrote them. Today,
Desert
Solitaire
asks if any of our incalculable natural treasures can be saved before the bulldozers strike again.
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xiv, 269 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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1st Touchstone ed.
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