Desert Solitaire - by Edward Abbey (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Hailed by <i>The New York Times </i>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.</b> <p/><i>Desert Solitaire </i>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 </b>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 <i>Desert Solitaire </i>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 <i>Walden</i>, <i>Desert Solitaire </i>is a powerful discussion of life's mysteries set against the stirring backdrop of the American southwestern wilderness.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>The New York Times Book Review</i> Like a ride on a bucking bronco...rough, tough, combative. The author is a rebel and an eloquent loner. His is a passionately felt, deeply poetic book...set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty.<br><br>The New Yorker An American Masterpiece. A Forceful Encounter with a Man of Character and Courage.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Edward Abbey</b> was born in Home, Pennsylvania, in 1927. He was educated at the University of New Mexico and the University of Edinburgh. He died at his home in Oracle, Arizona, in 1989.
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