![]() Abbey's observations and challenges remain as relevant now as the day he wrote them. 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. This is a rare view of a quest to experience nature in its purest form - the silence, the struggle, the overwhelming beauty. ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. Both Abbey and this book are all of these and more. When Desert Solitaire was first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. 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 vivions - Terra incognita: into the maze - Bedrock and paradox ![]() Desert solitaire was first published in 1968"-P. ![]()
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