Edward Abbey
Author profile
born
in Indiana, Pennsylvania, The United States
January 29, 1927
died
March 14, 1989
gender
male
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Desert Solitaire
— published 1968 — 26 editions |
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The Monkey Wrench Gang
— published 1975 — 23 editions |
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The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel
— published 1988 — 5 editions |
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Hayduke Lives!
— published 1990 — 5 editions |
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The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West
by Edward Abbey, Jim Stiles — published 1977 — 7 editions |
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Down the River
— published 1982 — 6 editions |
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Black Sun
— 8 editions |
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The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale in a New Time
— published 1956 — 6 editions |
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Fire on the Mountain
— published 1962 — 9 editions |
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Abbey's Road
— published 1979 — 5 editions |
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“One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.”
― Edward Abbey
― Edward Abbey
“Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.”
― Edward Abbey
― Edward Abbey
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