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Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness
Abbey, Edward, 1927-19892020
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In this shimmering masterpiece of American nature writing, Edward Abbey ventures alone into the canyonlands of Moab, Utah, to work as a seasonal ranger for the United States National Park Service. Living out of a trailer, Abbey captures in rapt, poetic prose the landscape of the desert; a world of terracotta earth, empty skies, arching rock formations, cliffrose, juniper, pinyon pine and sand sage. His summers become spirit quests, taking him in search of wild horses and Ancient Puebloan petroglyphs, up mountains and across tribal lands, and down the Glen Canyon by river. He experiences both sides of his new home; its incredible beauty and its promise of liberation, but also its isolating, cruel side, at one point discovering a dead tourist at an isolated area of the Grand Canyon.
Main title:
Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness / Edward Abbey.
Author:
Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989, author
Edition:
New edition / with an introduction by Robert Macfarlane.
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2020.
Collation:
288 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
This edition originally published: 2018.
ISBN:
9780008283339 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1924652
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Lending Library | Adult non-fiction | B ABBLives | Onloan - Due: 19 Mar 2026 |