Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness

The Resource Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness
Label
Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness
Title remainder
a season in the wilderness
Statement of responsibility
by Edward Abbey ; drawings by Peter Parnall
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
TEFOD
Dewey number
813/.54
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3551.B2
LC item number
Z463 1990eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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