| The Monkey Wrench Gang Contributor(s): Abbey, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061129763 ISBN-13: 9780061129766 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2006 Annotation: Four irate rebels join forces to wage war on the stripminers, clear-cutters, and the highway and dam and bridge builders who are turning their natural habitat into a wasteland. A new Introduction by historian Brinkley puts this enduring cult classic in perspective by placing it at the forefront of an important historical movement. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 860 |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 5.36" W x 8.01" (0.74 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Ecology |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 76248 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 20.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A thing of beauty. . . . A wildly funny, infinitely wise, near to tragic tale of man against the bog god machine." --Houston Chronicle Edward Abbey's classic comic gem of destructive mayhem and outrageous civil disobedience--the novel that sparked the environmental activism movement. Ex-Green Beret George Hayduke has returned from war to find his beloved southwestern desert threatened by industrial development. Joining with Bronx exile and feminist saboteur Bonnie Abzug, wilderness guide and outcast Mormon Seldom Seen Smith, and libertarian billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, Hayduke is ready to fight the power--taking on the strip miners, clear-cutters, and the highway, dam, and bridge builders who are threatening the natural habitat. The Monkey Wrench Gang is on the move--and peaceful coexistence be damned "Ribald, outrageous, and, in fact, scandalous." --Smithsonian |
Contributor Bio(s): Abbey, Edward: - Edward Abbey spent most of his life in the American Southwest. He was the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the celebrated Desert Solitaire, which decried the waste of America's wilderness, and the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, the title of which is still in use today to describe groups that purposefully sabotage projects and entities that degrade the environment. Abbey was also one of the country's foremost defenders of the natural environment. He died in 1989. |