Desert Solitaire
| AUTHOR | Abbey, Edward |
| PUBLISHER | Touchstone Books (01/15/1990) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
Hailed by The New York Times as "a passionately felt, deeply poetic book," the moving autobiographical work of Edward Abbey, considered the Thoreau of the American West, and his passion for the southwestern wilderness. Desert Solitaire is a collection of vignettes about life in the wilderness and the nature of the desert itself by park ranger and conservationist, Edward Abbey. The book details the unique adventures and conflicts the author faces, from dealing with the damage caused by development of the land or excessive tourism, to discovering a dead body. However Desert Solitaire is not just a collection of one man's stories, the book is also a philosophical memoir, full of Abbey's reflections on the desert as a paradox, at once beautiful and liberating, but also isolating and cruel. Often compared to Thoreau's Walden, Desert Solitaire is a powerful discussion of life's mysteries set against the stirring backdrop of the American southwestern wilderness.
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Product Details
ISBN-13:
9780671695880
ISBN-10:
0671695886
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
288
Carton Quantity:
22
Product Dimensions:
5.50 x 1.00 x 8.30 inches
Weight:
0.50 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Nature | Essays
Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Deserts
Nature | Environmentalists & Naturalists
Dewey Decimal:
B
Library of Congress Control Number:
89021764
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Hailed by The New York Times as "a passionately felt, deeply poetic book," the moving autobiographical work of Edward Abbey, considered the Thoreau of the American West, and his passion for the southwestern wilderness. Desert Solitaire is a collection of vignettes about life in the wilderness and the nature of the desert itself by park ranger and conservationist, Edward Abbey. The book details the unique adventures and conflicts the author faces, from dealing with the damage caused by development of the land or excessive tourism, to discovering a dead body. However Desert Solitaire is not just a collection of one man's stories, the book is also a philosophical memoir, full of Abbey's reflections on the desert as a paradox, at once beautiful and liberating, but also isolating and cruel. Often compared to Thoreau's Walden, Desert Solitaire is a powerful discussion of life's mysteries set against the stirring backdrop of the American southwestern wilderness.
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Author:
Abbey, Edward
Edward Abbey spent most of his life in the American Southwest. The author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the much celebrated "Desert Solitaire", which decried the waste of America's wilderness, Abbey was one of the country's foremost defenders of the natural environment. He died in 1989.
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