Desert Solitaire"A passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures...set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKREVIEW Edward Abbey lived for three seasons in the desert at Moab, Utah, and what he discovered about the land before him, the world around him, and the heart that beat within, is a fascinating, sometimes raucous, always personal account of a place that has already disappeared, but is worth remembering and living through again and again. |
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Contents
The First Morning | 1 |
Solitaire | 8 |
The Serpents of Paradise | 16 |
Cliff rose and Bayonets | 23 |
Industrial Tourism | 39 |
Rocks | 56 |
Cowboys and Indians | 74 |
Water | 102 |
Into the Maze | 219 |
Bedrock and Paradox | 232 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Desert Solitaire |
| Author | Edward Abbey |
| Edition | illustrated, reissue |
| Publisher | University of Arizona Press, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0816510571, 9780816510573 |
| Length | 255 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers Biography & Autobiography / General Nature / Essays |
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