Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey (English) Paperback

Description: Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey Reprint. Originally published: New York: McGraw-Hill, c1968. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Rough, tough, combative . . . a passionately felt, deeply poetic book."—Edwin Way Teale, The New York Times Book Review "This is not primarily a book about the desert," writes Edward Abbey in his introduction. "In recording my impressions of the natural scene I have striven above all for accuracy, since I believe that there is a kind of poetry, even a kind of truth, in simple fact. But the desertis a vast world, an oceanic world, as deep in its way and complex and various as the sea. Language makes a mighty loose net with which to go fishing for simple facts, when facts are infinite. If a man knew enough he could write a whole book about the juniper tree. Not juniper trees in general but that one particular juniper tree which grows from a ledge of naked sandstone near the old entrance to Arches National Monument. What I have tried to do then is something a bit different. Since you cannot get the desert into a book any more than a fisherman can haul up the sea with his nets, I have tried to create a world of words in which the desert figures more as medium than as material. Not imitation but evocation has been the goal." Author Biography Edward Abbey, a self-proclaimed "agrarian anarchist," was hailed as the "Thoreau of the American West." Known nationally as a champion of the individual and one of Americas foremost defenders of the natural environment, he was the author of twenty books, both fiction and nonfiction, including Desert Solitaire, The Monkey Wrench Gang, and The Journey Home. In 1989, at the age of sixty-two, Edward Abbey died in Oracle, Arizona. Review "This book may well seem like a ride on a bucking bronco. It is rough, tough, combative. The author is a rebel and an eloquent loner. His is a passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures . . . set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty."—Edwin Way Teale, The New York Times Book Review Details ISBN0345326490 Author Edward Abbey Short Title DESERT SOLITAIRE Language English ISBN-10 0345326490 ISBN-13 9780345326492 Media Book DEWEY B Year 1985 Imprint Ballantine Books Inc. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Alternative 9785557082655 Residence US Birth 1927 Death 1989 Series Ecological Main Event DOI 10.1604/9780345326492 Subtitle A Season in the Wilderness UK Release Date 1985-01-12 AU Release Date 1985-01-12 NZ Release Date 1985-01-12 US Release Date 1985-01-12 Pages 352 Publisher Random House USA Inc Format Paperback Publication Date 1985-01-12 Replaces 9780345223555 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2610403;

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