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Edward Abbey, our foremost "ecological philosopher," has a voice like no other. He can be wildly funny, ferociously acerbic, and unexpectedly moving as he ardently champions our natural wilderness and castigates those who would ravish it for the perverse pleasure of profit. The Journey Home ranges from the surreal city-scapes of Hoboken and Manhattan to the solitary splendor of the deserts and mountains of the Southwest. It is alive with ranchers, dam builders, kissing bugs, and mountain lions. In a voice edged with chagrin, Abbey offers a portrait of the American West that we'll not soon forget, offering us the observations of a man who left the urban world behind to think about the natural world and the myths buried therein.
Review:
"In his own inimitable fashion, Abbey prevails among the scant handful of our best and brightest fresh-air scribes." Chicago Sun-Times
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"The man, quite simply, is a master." The Bloomsbury Review
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"One of the very best writers to deal with the American West." The Washington Post
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"Edward Abbey is one of our foremost Western essayist and novelists....What always made his work doubly interesting is the sense of a true maverick spirit at large, within it — a kind of spirit not imitable, limited only to the highest class of literary outlaws." The Denver Post
1 Hallelujah on the Bum 2 The Great American Desert 3 Disorder and Early Sorrow 4 Fire Lookout: Numa Ridge 5 Snow Canyon 6 Desert Places 7 Death Valley 8 Come On In 9 Manhattan Twilight, Hoboken Night 10 God's Plan for the State of Utah: A Revelation 11 The Great Globe Arizona Wild Pig and Varmint Hunt 12 Telluride Blue?A Hatchet Job 13 Let Us Now Praise Mountain Lions 14 Return to Yosemite: Tree Fuzz vs. Freaks 15 The BLOB Comes to Arizona 16 The Second Rape of the West 17 Down the River with Major Powell 18 Walking 19 The Crooked Wood 20 Mountain Music 21 Shadows from the Big Woods 22 Freedom and Wilderness, Wilderness and Freedom 23 Dust: A Movie
"Review"
by Chicago Sun-Times,
"In his own inimitable fashion, Abbey prevails among the scant handful of our best and brightest fresh-air scribes."
"Review"
by The Bloomsbury Review,
"The man, quite simply, is a master."
"Review"
by The Washington Post,
"One of the very best writers to deal with the American West."
"Review"
by The Denver Post,
"Edward Abbey is one of our foremost Western essayist and novelists....What always made his work doubly interesting is the sense of a true maverick spirit at large, within it — a kind of spirit not imitable, limited only to the highest class of literary outlaws."
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