Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
| Author: | Edward Abbey |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Publish Date: | July 1, 1990 |
| ISBN-10: | 0345326490 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780345326492 |
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Title: Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
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Controversial nature conservationist and literary outlaw Edward Abbey recounts the years he spent as a park ranger at Arches National Monument in DESERT SOLITAIRE. Abbey's evocation of the austere canyon setting and minimalist beauty of Utah's countryside, combined with his impassioned critique of 20th-century trends in American development and what he saw as a wasting of wilderness resources, made the book a favorite in the burgeoning environmentalist movement in the 1960s and 1970s. By treating both connections between ecosystems and human life as well as the interior psychological and emotional experiences of living in nature, Abbey unites traditions of nature writers Henry David Thoreau and Rachel Carson.
Industry Reviews
"[The book] is the outgrowth of a bitter awareness of all that has been lost, all that is being lost, all that is going to be lost in that glory of our American democracy, our system of national parks. Designed to set aside, for all the people, wild areas of special beauty, this system orignated with a two-fold purpose: to serve the public and to preserve the areas. These two goals are not in head-on collision. For 'to serve the public' has come to mean 'to serve the public in automobiles'."
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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness and it was written by Edward Abbey. This edition of Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is July 1, 1990. It was published by Ballantine Books and has 337 pages in the book. The 10 digit ISBN is 0345326490 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780345326492. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.
Controversial nature conservationist and literary outlaw Edward Abbey recounts the years he spent as a park ranger at Arches National Monument in DESERT SOLITAIRE. Abbey's evocation of the austere canyon setting and minimalist beauty of Utah's countryside, combined with his impassioned critique of 20th-century trends in American development and what he saw as a wasting of wilderness resources, made the book a favorite in the burgeoning environmentalist movement in the 1960s and 1970s. By treating both connections between ecosystems and human life as well as the interior psychological and emotional experiences of living in nature, Abbey unites traditions of nature writers Henry David Thoreau and Rachel Carson.
Industry Reviews
"[The book] is the outgrowth of a bitter awareness of all that has been lost, all that is being lost, all that is going to be lost in that glory of our American democracy, our system of national parks. Designed to set aside, for all the people, wild areas of special beauty, this system orignated with a two-fold purpose: to serve the public and to preserve the areas. These two goals are not in head-on collision. For 'to serve the public' has come to mean 'to serve the public in automobiles'."
(1/28/68)
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Click on this books subject categories to see related titles:
Nature > Essays
Nature > Natural resources
Other Available Formats:
Compact Disc, 2011
Compact Disc, 2011
Paperback, 1990
Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness and it was written by Edward Abbey. This edition of Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is July 1, 1990. It was published by Ballantine Books and has 337 pages in the book. The 10 digit ISBN is 0345326490 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780345326492. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.
