| Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness Contributor(s): Abbey, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345326490 ISBN-13: 9780345326492 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: January 1985 Annotation: "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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Essays - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Deserts - Biography & Autobiography | Environmentalists & Naturalists |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 67026166 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 4.23" W x 6.86" (0.38 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Utah |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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. |