| One Life at a Time, Please Contributor(s): Abbey, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805006036 ISBN-13: 9780805006032 Publisher: Holt Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1988 Annotation: Warhorse, gadfly, storyteller, naturalist--there is no simple category to contain the vibrant prose voice of Edward Abbey. And this snappy collection of es says displays the author of Desert Solitaire and The Monkey-Wrench Gang at the height of his curmudgeonry. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 87008812 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.65 lbs) 225 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From stories about cattlemen, fellow critics, his beloved desert, cities, and technocrats to thoughts on sin and redemption, this is one of our most treasured writers at the height of his powers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Abbey, Edward: - Edward Abbey (1927-1989) was born in Home, Pennsylvania. He received graduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of New Mexico, and attended the University of Edinburgh. He worked for a time as a forest ranger and was a committed naturalist and a fierce environmentalist; such was his anger, eloquence, and action on the subject that he has become a heroic, almost mythic figure to a whole host of environmental groups and literally millions of readers. Abbey's career as a writer spanned four decades and encompassed a variety of genres, from essays to novels. One of his early successes was the novel The Brave Cowboy, which was made into the movie Lonely Are the Brave. His 1968 collection of essays, Desert Solitaire, became a necessary text for the new environmentalists, like the group 'Earth First, ' and his rambunctious 1975 novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, a picaresque tale of environmental guerillas, which launched a national cult movement and sold over half-a-million copies. Other titles include The Journey Home, Fool's Progress, and the posthumously released Hayduke Lives! |