Confessions of a Barbarian: Selections from the Journals of Edward Abbey - Softcover

Edward Abbey; David Petersen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555662870 ISBN 13: 9781555662875

Publisher: Johnson Books, 2003

Synopsis

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 entries that takes the writer from his early years as a park ranger and would-be literary author up to his death in 1989. Also included is a detailed index and original sketches made by Abbey himself.

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Review:

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 entries that takes the writer from his early years as a park ranger and would-be literary author up to his death in 1989.

About the Author:

Edward Abbey was an anarchist, activist, philosopher, and the spiritual father of the environmental movement. He was also a passionate journal keeper, a man who filled page after page with notes, philosophical musings, character sketches, illustrations, musical notations, and drawings. His "scribbling," as he called it, began in 1948, when he served as a motorcycle MP in postwar Italy, and continued until his death in 1989, totaling twenty-one volumes.

About this edition

• Publisher: Johnson Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1555662870
• ISBN 13: 9781555662875
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 418
• Editor: David Petersen
• Illustrator: Edward Abbey