A motley crew of saboteurs wreaks havoc on the corporations destroying America's Western wilderness in this "wildly funny, infinitely wise" classic ( The Houston Chronicle ).When George Washington Hayduke III returns home from war in the jungles of Southeast Asia, he finds the unspoiled West he once knew has been transformed. The pristine lands and waterways are being strip mined, dammed up, and paved over by greedy govern...

A mix of fiction and essays by the author described as "the Thoreau of the American West" (Larry McMurtry, The Washington Post).Edward Abbey himself compiled this volume representing some of his greatest work—including selections from such novels as The Monkey Wrench Gang, The Brave Cowboy, and Black Sun, as well as a number of expressive and acerbic essays.Renowned for inspiring modern environmentalists—though his intere...

A cowboy takes on the forces of twentieth century tyranny in a tale by "the Thoreau of the American West" that became the classic film Lonely Are the Brave (Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lonesome Dove).A rugged individualist and sometime ranch hand, Jack Burns has no love for the modern world. He is a man out of time, riding his horse through a Southwestern landscape corrupted by concrete, shopping centers, and superhighways. A ...

Poems about love and landscapes by the author of the classic Desert Solitaire, an "environmentalist, nature writer, novelist and all-around iconoclast" ( The New York Times).While better known for his nature writing and his comic classic The Monkey Wrench Gang, Edward Abbey was also an enthusiastic creator of verse. The New York Times called his memoir Desert Solitaire "deeply poetic"—and now Earth Apples gives ...

A New Mexico man faces off against the government in a battle over his land in this novel by the author of Desert Solitaire.After nine months away at school, Billy Vogelin Starr returns home to his beloved New Mexico—only to find his grandfather in a standoff with the US government, which wants to take his land and turn it into an extension of the White Sands Missile Range.Facing the combined powers of the US county sheriff, the Department of the I...

Three wild and suspenseful novels about standing your ground against the forces of destruction by the author of Desert Solitaire.From the beloved author and passionate advocate for the wilderness, these three novels follow some very memorable characters in their battles against strip miners, clear cutters, and government agencies destroying the environment:Fire on the Mountain: A New Mexico man faces off against everyone from the A...

Thoughts on nature, politics, love, and much more—from the environmentalist and author of such classics as Desert Solitaire and The Monkey Wrench Gang.Finished just two weeks before his death, A Voice Crying in the Wilderness is a collection of Edward Abbey's observations, both bitingly witty and inspirational, on a wide range of topics—from philosophy and writing to music, money, sex, and sports.Abbey chose each passage himself f...

From "the Thoreau of the American West," a novel that chronicles a reckless romance in the wilderness between an aging forester and a young woman (Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lonesome Dove).Black Sun is a bittersweet love story involving an iconoclastic forest ranger and a freckle-faced "American princess" half his age. Like Lady Chatterley's lover, he initiates her into the rites of sex and the stark, secret harmonies of his ...

The environmentalist author of Desert Solitaire presents an autobiographical novel of an aging man's anarchic journey across America in search of home.The Fool's Progress, the "fat masterpiece" as Edward Abbey labeled it, is his most important piece of writing: it reveals the complete Ed Abbey, from the green grass of his memory as a child in Appalachia to his approaching death in Tucson at age sixty two.When his third wife abandons him in...

From "the Thoreau of the American west," essays on the unique characteristics of American desert landscapes (Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lonesome Dove ).In this wise and lyrical book about landscapes of the desert and the mind, Edward Abbey guides us beyond the wall of the city and asphalt belting of superhighways to special pockets of wilderness that stretch from the interior of Alaska to the dry lan...

These eloquent meditations, philosophical musings, and whimsical doodles offer us the clearest window into the soul of this American literary legend.Few have cared more about American wilderness than the irascible Cactus Ed. Author of eco-classics such as The Monkey Wrench Gang and Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey reveals all his rough-hewn edges and passionate beliefs in this witty, outspoken, maddening, and sometimes brilliant selection of journal...

"[From] a true independent, a self-declared extremist and 'desert mystic'. . . . outstanding essays, travel pieces, and works of fiction" — BooklistThis book is different from any other Edward Abbey book. It includes essays, travel writing and fictions to reveal Ed's life directly, in his own words.The selections gathered here are arranged chronologically by incident, not by date of publication, to offer Edward Abbey's life from the time he was the b...