The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #160337   Message #3803806
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
05-Aug-16 - 10:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: info: Edward Abbey (1927-1989), author
Subject: RE: BS: info: Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989), author
Yes - it's wonderful. I had a copy when I was working at a National Park on the east coast. I loaned it to a friend there, and when I finally got the softcover book back the spine was destroyed and the pages all flared out - I asked what happened and it seems several of his other NPS friends wanted to read it when they heard about it. So we may be somewhat biased - he wrote about things that touch on park ranger hearts and sensibilities, that attract and repulse us simultaneously.

Desert Solitare is probably the more grown up of his books, Monkeywrench is a rip-snorting good time.