| Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast Contributor(s): Abbey, Edward (Author), Petersen, David (Editor), Williams, Terry Tempest (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1571312846 ISBN-13: 9781571312846 Publisher: Milkweed Editions OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2006 Annotation: "But hell, I do like to write letters. Much easier than writing books." And write letters Ed Abbey did. In his famous -- or infamous -- 45-year career, Abbey's cards and letters became as legendary as his books for their wit, vitriol, and ability to speak truth to power. Published here for the first time, the letters offer a fascinating, often hilarious glimpse into the mind of one of America's most iconoclastic and beloved authors. No subject was too banal, too arcane, or too deep for Abbey to expound on: sex, cheerleaders, Mormons, Aspen, and the Bond girls are covered as gleefully as Stegner, Dylan, Chomsky, Buddhism, and betrayal. Whether scolding an editor to simplify ("I've had to waste hours erasing that storm of fly-shit on the typescript") or skewering the chicken-hawk proponents of the war in Vietnam, Abbey's righteous indignation gives hope and inspiration to a generation that desperately needs both. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Letters - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: 813 |
| LCCN: 2006002354 |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.48" W x 9.18" (1.39 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |