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The monkey wrench gang

Author: Edward Abbey
Publisher: Philadelphia : Lippincott, [1975]
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:
Ex-Green Beret George Hayduke returns 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, M.D., Hayduke is ready to fight the power. They (the Monkey Wrench Gang) take on the strip miners, clear-cutters, and the highway,  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Humorous fiction.
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Edward Abbey
ISBN: 0397010842 : 9780397010844
OCLC Number: 1256794
Description: 352 p. : map (on lining paper) ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: Edward Abbey.

Abstract:

Ex-Green Beret George Hayduke returns 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, M.D., Hayduke is ready to fight the power. They (the Monkey Wrench Gang) take on the strip miners, clear-cutters, and the highway, dam, and bridge builders who are threatening the natural habitat in this is a comedic novel of destructive mayhem and outrageous civil disobedience.

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