false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172768551m/214614.jpg 214614 20 With language as colorful as a Canyonlands sunset and a perspective as pointed as a prickly pear, Cactus Ed captures the heat, mystery, and surprising bounty of desert life. <I>Desert Solitaire</I> is a meditation on the stark landscapes of the red-rock West, a passionate vote for wilderness, and a howling lament for the commercialization of the American outback. 234706 1968 Desert Solitaire total:3501|5:1688|4:1193|3:475|2:111|1:34| 3501 14893 4529 562 1 10 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Oct 07 07:30:20 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 07:38:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Sep 14 09:21:28 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 09:25:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 23:34:32 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 16:43:57 -0700 2008 Walden, part Mein Kampf ... Desert Solitaire (1968) is to a certain extent sand-mad Edward Abbey's homage to the beauty of the American Southwest and to the necessity of wilderness ... but mostly, the book is an autobiographical paean to the sheer wonder of Abbey himself. Like the pioneers, pro...more...]]> 3 3 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 18 09:19:42 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 10:12:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 17:13:18 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 16:22:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 16:12:45 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 17:21:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 07 23:40:43 -0800 2008 Mon Sep 22 00:13:55 -0700 2008 1+
4|25|2008: The day I finally finished Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey.
Usually I read books very quickly and all at once. Most books don't take me longer than a few days to finish. I just love stories so much that I don't like to stop ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Fri Mar 21 11:47:46 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 11:48:19 -0700 2008 Arches National Park in the 60's(?). I've guiltily thought and felt Abbey's rabid misa...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 01 02:32:08 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 15:25:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Mar 18 09:08:36 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 09:22:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Thu Jan 17 16:20:24 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 07:01:14 -0800 2008
Oh well. This book is full of great tales about South Eastern Utah. Reading this b...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 14:33:54 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 13:08:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jan 28 07:26:02 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 07:26:46 -0800 2009 1 1 false false Mon Feb 04 07:54:27 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 08:02:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Wed Mar 07 12:03:32 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 07 12:47:32 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 21:06:26 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 21:30:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 19:23:49 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 20:25:08 -0800 2009 2 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 07 20:07:26 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 21:55:44 -0800 2009 Thoreau of the West (at least according to the dust jacket!). Now, I haven't really read much of Thoreau, but from what I have read I am not sure ho...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 27 19:39:31 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 19:50:17 -0700 2009
This was one of the first books I ever read that articulated what I felt about the red rock country of S...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 17 13:14:59 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 13:15:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=214614