The best of Edward Abbey
"In 1984, the late great Edward Abbey compiled this reader, endeavoring, as he says in his preface, "to present what I think is both the best and most representative of my writing - so far." Two decades later, it remains the only major collection of his work chosen by Abbey himself, a feast of fiction and prose." "Devoted Abbey fans along with readers just discovering his work will find a mother lode of treasures here: generous chunks of his best novels, including The Brave Cowboy, Black Sun, and his classic The Monkey Wrench Gang, and more than a score of his evocative, passionate, trenchant essays - a genre in which he produced acknowledged masterpieces such as Desert Solitaire. There is even an excerpt from a novel he was working on in 1984, eventually published as The Fool's Progress. Scattered throughout are the author's own petroglyph-style sketches." "Abbey went on publishing new work until his untimely death in 1989 at age sixty, so this new edition includes a selection of later Abbey: a chapter from Hayduke Lives!, the hilarious sequel to The Monkey Wrench Gang; excerpts from his revealing journals; a little-known account of a trip to the Sea of Cortez; and examples of his poetry."--Jacket.
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505 | 0 | |a From Jonathan Troy (1954) -- From The brave cowboy (1956) -- From Fire on the mountain (1962) -- From Desert solitaire (1968). Cowboys ; The moon-eyed horse ; Havasu ; The dead man at Grandview Point ; Bedrock and paradox -- From Appalachian wilderness (1970). Appalachia -- From Black sun (1971) -- From The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975). Seldom seen at home -- From The journey home (1977). The great American desert ; Death Valley ; Manhattan twilight, Hoboken night ; Telluride blues--a hatchet job -- From Abbey's road (1979). Anna Creek ; The Outback ; A desert isle ; Sierra Madre ; Down there in the rocks ; Science with a human face ; In defense of the redneck ; Fire lookout ; The sorrows of travel -- From Good news (1980) -- From Down the river (1982). Down the river with Henry Thoreau ; Watching the birds: the windhover ; Of protest ; My friend debris ; Floating -- From The rites of spring (novel in progress) -- From Beyond the wall: essays from the outside (1984). Down to the Sea of Cortez -- From The fool's progress: an honest novel (1989). To the Mississippi -- From Hayduke lives! (1990). Bonnie's return -- From Earth apples: the poetry of Edward Abbey (1994). Flash flood ; Down the river ; A sonnet for Everett Ruess -- From Confessions of a barbarian (1994). Selections from the journals. | |
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