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Desert Solitaire

A Season in the Wilderness

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Desert Solitaire

By: Edward Abbey
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
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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.

©1968 Edward Abbey (P)2011 Tantor Biographies & Memoirs Ecosystems & Habitats Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science Environmentalism Heartfelt Inspiring Thought-Provoking
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"Like a ride on a bucking bronco . . . rough, tough, combative. The author is a rebel and an eloquent loner. His is a passionately felt, deeply poetic book . . . set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty." ( The New York Times Book Review)
Beautiful Descriptions • Vivid Imagery • Perfect Voice Match • Poetic Writing • Environmental Insights

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A book to lead generations of free thinkers! Let the words flow upon your mind as a river of consciousness.

Life enhancing

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A book that re shaped all my thoughts of the dessert and many of the west. Acerbic, insightful.

A big broad view of the west

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Intellectual, philosophical, humorous and entertaining. Inspires me to hike more often and to contemplate my outdoor experience in new and more meaningful ways.

Excellent and inspiring

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a winding rambling listen to a backdrop of better days, thouraly enjoyable reminded me of listening to stories from my pop

what a fun listen

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He visited all the places I’ve been that hold such treasured memories for me and described it exactly how I remember it. He created the visual beautifully. I loved and relived it!

I loved and relived my most treasured memories through this telling…LOVED it!

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