Touchstone, Date: 1995-10-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1995. Touchstone ISBN 0684804395 9780684804392 [US]

New York: Simon & Schuster, Date: 1995. Paperback. Near Fine. Through Abbey's own writings and personal papers, as well as interviews with friends and acquaintances, Bishop gives us a penetrating, compelling, no-holds-barred view of the life and accomplishments of this controversial figure." 254 pages; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 1995. Simon & Schuster ISBN 0684804395 9780684804392 [US]

Touchstone, Date: 1995. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1995. Touchstone ISBN 0684804395 9780684804392 [US]

Touchstone, Date: 1995-10-01. Paperback. Good. 1995. Touchstone ISBN 0684804395 9780684804392 [US]

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New York: Touchstone. Very Good+. Date: 1995. Paperback. 0684804395 . B&W Illustrations; 7.8 X 5.0 X 0.9 inches; xv, 254 pages; Soft cover has green spine with white letting. Light rubbing, scuffing to covers. Pages are clean and tight, except for a few pen check marks on pages xiv and xv, plus tidy note, at top of xiv, 'age 62.' . Illustrated with b/w photographs. 'Meet Edward Paul Abbey, twentieth-century polemicist and desert anarchist, a character of elaborate contradictions and eccentricities whose words either infuriated or delighted his readers. In a career spanning four decades, he wrote passionately in defense of the Southwest and its inhabitants, often mocking the mindless bureaucratic forces hell-bent on destroying it. "Resist much, obey little," from Walt Withman, was this warrior's motto. While he was alive, attempts to label him in conventional terms nearly always fell short because he was neither left-wing nor right-wing, nor was he an outlaw. Abbey was a genuine rebel who simply did not believe in the moderns industrial way of life. He wrote against the grain, always choosing the path of the greatest resistance. Beginning in the 1950s, he depicted the Southwest not as a virgin utopia peopled by rugged individualists, but as a region under siege because of government and corporate greed, its people at risk of being cut off from the primary wellspring of their spiritual strength - the wild places. He's been ...

Touchstone, Date: 1995-10-01. Paperback. Used:Good. 1995. Touchstone ISBN 0684804395 9780684804392 [US]

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