TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abbey,Edward
TI  - Desert solitaire: a season in the wilderness 
SN  - 0671695886
AV  - PS3551.B2 Z463 1990
KW  - Abbey, Edward,
KW  - Novelists, American
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Environmentalists
KW  - United States
KW  - Park rangers
KW  - Desert biology
KW  - Utah
KW  - Arches National Park
KW  - Arches National Park (Utah)
KW  - Abbey, Edward
KW  - fast
N1  - " ... Desert solitaire was first published in 1968"--Page 4 of cover; "A Touchstone book."; 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
N2  - An account of the author's experiences, observations, and reflections as a seasonal park ranger in southeast Utah; When Desert Solitaire was first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude and sensitive. Thought-provoking and mystical. Angry and loving. Both Abbey and this book are all of these and more. 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. This is a rare view of a quest to experience nature in its purest form -- the silence, the struggle, the overwhelming beauty. 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. Abbey's observations and challenges remain as relevant now as the day he wrote them. Today, Desert Solitaire asks if any of our incalculable natural treasures can be saved before the bulldozers strike again
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