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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17353644 Title: Desert solitaire Author: Edward Abbey Publisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1988. ISBN/ISSN: 0816510571 9780816510573 OCLC:17353644

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Desert solitaire

Author:	Edward Abbey
Publisher:	Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1988.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	First published in 1968, this account of two summers spent in southeastern Utah's canyonlands is a classic exemplar of American nature writing. The author recounts his stint as a park ranger at Arches National Monument, his love for the natural beauty that surrounded him, and his distaste for the modernizing improvements designed to increase visitation to the park.
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Subjects	Abbey, Edward, -- 1927-1989. Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography. Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Named Person:	Edward Abbey; Edward Abbey; Edward Abbey
Material Type:	Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Edward Abbey Find more information about:
ISBN:	0816510571 9780816510573
OCLC Number:	17353644
Description:	255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:	The first morning -- Solitaire -- The serpents of paradise --- Cliffrose and bayonets -- Polemic: industrial tourism and the national parks -- Rocks -- Cowboys and Indians -- Cowboys and Indians Part II -- Water -- The heat of noon: rock and tree and cloud -- The moon-eyed horse -- Down the river -- Havasu -- The dead man at Grandview Point -- Tukuhnikivats, the island in the desert -- Episodes and visions -- Terra incognita: into the maze -- Bedrock and paradox.
Responsibility:	Edward Abbey.
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First published in 1968, this account of two summers spent in southeastern Utah's canyonlands is a classic exemplar of American nature writing. The author recounts his stint as a park ranger at Arches National Monument, his love for the natural beauty that surrounded him, and his distaste for the modernizing improvements designed to increase visitation to the park.

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