Edward Abbey

Edward Abbey
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<p>Edward Abbey spent most of his life in the American Southwest. He was the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the celebrated <em>Desert Solitaire</em>, which decried the waste of America’s wilderness, and the novel <em>The Monkey Wrench Gang</em>, the title of which is still in use today to describe groups that purposefully sabotage projects and entities that degrade the environment. Abbey was also one of the country’s foremost defenders of the natural environment. He died in 1989.</p>

Books By Edward Abbey (12 Books)

Fire on the Mountain
The Best of Edward Abbey
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
Hayduke Lives!
The Brave Cowboy
The Monkey Wrench Gang
Desert Solitaire
Earth Apples

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Edward Abbey Bestsellers
Black Sun
The Serpents of Paradise
The Fool's Progress

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