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About Edward Abbey
American author and essayist
Edward Abbey was an American author and essayist, known for his environmental writing and outspoken criticism of public land policy. He lived from 1927 to 1989. Abbey wrote both fiction and nonfiction, and his work is closely associated with the American West and with a hard-edged defense of wild places. His best-known books include The Monkey Wrench Gang and Desert Solitaire. He was also noted for anarchist political views, which often shaped the force and independence of his voice.
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- “The novel should tell the truth, as I see the truth, or as the novelist persuades me to see it. And one more…”Edward Abbey
- “Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are…”Edward Abbey
- “Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience,…”Edward Abbey
- “What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a million of them, one brave deed is worth a thousand books.…”Edward Abbey
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- “Just as there’s usually a space or interval between people passing on the street, even if it sometimes seems…”H.E. Davey
- “If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer;…”Henry David Thoreau
- “To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.”George Santayana
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Books by Edward Abbey
Monkey Wrench Gang
1988
The Journey Home
1977
The Brave Cowboy
1956
Good News
1991
Hayduke lives!
2011