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050	0	0	_aPS3551.B2 _bZ463 1990
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082	0	4	_aBIO ABB _220
100	1		_aAbbey, Edward, _d1927-1989
245	1	0	_aDesert solitaire : _ba season in the wilderness / _cby Edward Abbey ; drawings by Peter Parnall
250			_aFirst Touchstone edition
300			_axiv, 269 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
500			_a" ... Desert solitaire was first published in 1968"--Page 4 of cover
500			_a"A Touchstone book."
505	0		_aThe 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
520			_aAn account of the author's experiences, observations, and reflections as a seasonal park ranger in southeast Utah
520			_aWhen 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
600	1	0	_aAbbey, Edward, _d1927-1989
650		0	_aNovelists, American _y20th century _vBiography
650		0	_aEnvironmentalists _zUnited States _vBiography
650		0	_aPark rangers _zUnited States _vBiography
650		0	_aDesert biology _zUtah _zArches National Park
651		0	_aArches National Park (Utah)
653		0	_aAbbey, Edward
653		0	_aArches National Park (Utah)
653		0	_aDesert biology _aUtah _aArches National Park
653		0	_aEnvironmentalists _aBiography _aUnited States
653		0	_aNovelists, American _aBiography _a20th century
653		0	_aPark rangers _aBiography _aUnited States
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