|a Desert solitaire : |b a season in the wilderness / |c Edward Abbey. Today, Desert Solitaire asks if any of our incalculable natural treasures can be saved before the bulldozers strike again. Abbey's observations and challenges remain as relevant now as the day he wrote them. But this is also the gripping, anguished cry of a man of character who challenges the growing exploitation of the wilderness by oil and mining interests, as well as by the tourist industry. This is a rare view of a quest to experience nature in its purest form - the silence, the struggle, the overwhelming beauty. Here, the legendary author of The Monkey Wrench Gang, Abbey's Road and many other critically acclaimed books vividly captures the essence of his life during three seasons as a park ranger in southeastern Utah. Both Abbey and this book are all of these and more. When Desert Solitaire was first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. An account of the author's experiences, observations, and reflections as a seasonal park ranger in southeast Utah.
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