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Title	:	Desert Solitaire
Author	:	Edward Abbey
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 337 pages
Published	:	January 12th 1985 by Ballantine Books (first published 1968)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Environment. Nature. Autobiography. Memoir. Travel. Adventure

Desert Solitaire

Edward Abbey

Paperback | Pages: 337 pages

Rating: 4.22 | 37125 Users | 2414 Reviews

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First published in 1968, Desert Solitaire is one of Edward Abbey’s most critically acclaimed works and marks his first foray into the world of nonfiction writing. Written while Abbey was working as a ranger at Arches National Park outside of Moab, Utah, Desert Solitaire is a rare view of one man’s quest to experience nature in its purest form.

Through prose that is by turns passionate and poetic, Abbey reflects on the condition of our remaining wilderness and the future of a civilization that cannot reconcile itself to living in the natural world as well as his own internal struggle with morality. As the world continues its rapid development, Abbey’s cry to maintain the natural beauty of the West remains just as relevant today as when this book was written.

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Original Title:	Desert Solitaire
ISBN:	0345326490 (ISBN13: 9780345326492)
Edition Language:	English

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In his early 30s in the late 1950s, Edward Abbey worked as a seasonal ranger at Arches National Monument (now Arches National Park) in east Utah. He lived in a trailer from April-September; his responsibilities included maintaining trails, talking to tourists, and, at least once, had to go on a search party to find a dead body. Remember that anecdote when you're working whatever summer job you have this year and feel like complaining about it. At least you didn't have to go look for and help

Happy to follow. But Ive been afraid to revisit Abbey. I liked him a great deal when I was a geology student (even as I knew he was no angel), but Im

4.5 starsWritten in 1968, this book stands the test of time. I loved it! Written in a non-linear way, this is a compilation of Abbey's adventures, anecdotes, and philosophical musings from the time he spent as a park ranger in Utah's Arches National Park. Abbey is a grumpy old man but hes so amusing as he waxes poetic on the dangers of civilization and tourists encroaching on the natural wonders in the American Southwest that hes easily forgiven. Its unclear how many of his more radical views he

This man is such a hypocrite! He is preaching respect for the wild outdoor spaces, then he has the audacity to relate how he kills a little hidden rabbit just for the fun of it! His philosophy of locking up wild places with no roads, so they are only accessible to the fit hiker is also very exclusionary. Roads are tools, allowing old and young, fit and handicapped, to view the wonders and beauty of this country. Yes teach love and respect of this beauty and of the wildlife, but allow people to

I'm sorry, I know I should finish Book Club books. But they guy is an arrogant a**hole and I'd rather spend my little free time reading something I enjoy.

Part Walden, part Mein Kampf ... Desert Solitaire (1968) is to a certain extent sand-mad Edward Abbey's homage to the beauty of the American Southwest and to the necessity of wilderness ... but mostly, the book is an autobiographical paean to the sheer wonder of Abbey himself. Like the pioneers, prospectors, and developers who preceded him, Abbey lays claim to all the canyonlands and Four Corners region of southern Utah and northern Arizona: "Abbey's Country" he calls it, and he seeks to fill

I agree with several of the other reviewers: Desert Solitaire is basically an Edward Abbey selfie. Not a bad looking face but it's inside that counts--not all of it bad, but enough of it to be cloying and smacking of hypocrisy.