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Desert Solitaire [Mass Market Paperback]

Edward Abbey (Author)
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Release Date: Jan 12 1985
"A passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures...set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKREVIEW
Edward Abbey lived for three seasons in the desert at Moab, Utah, and what he discovered about the land before him, the world around him, and the heart that beat within, is a fascinating, sometimes raucous, always personal account of a place that has already disappeared, but is worth remembering and living through again and again.

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With language as colorful as a Canyonlands sunset and a perspective as pointed as a prickly pear, Cactus Ed captures the heat, mystery, and surprising bounty of desert life. Desert Solitaire is a meditation on the stark landscapes of the red-rock West, a passionate vote for wilderness, and a howling lament for the commercialization of the American outback.

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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
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5.0 out of 5 stars Contrarian re-read. April 17 2013
By GJP
Format:Kindle Edition
Read this book again (after many years...30?). Wanted to re-kindle the old spark of love for the wild and untamable after too much time given to "Ratus Urbanus".
Planning my foray into Canyonlands...after the tourists leave.
RIP Ed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutly Fantastic Jun 7 2012
By R. Johnstone
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this book purely on the 4.5 star average rating without any real knowledge of its subject or author. I was absolutely blown away by it's narrative. Abbey is a terrific author and was able to put me right in his shoes as he described the world he was living in. The anecdotes are interesting and sincere and while the book lacks a "flow" or anything linking the events, they all seem to have the same tone and fit together well.

Specifically, there are just many insightful quotes found within the book that I found I could tie to my everyday life. As an environmentalist I often find it hard to put into words the reasons for why I love nature and Abbey does that fantastically.

I have already given away my copy to a friend who enjoyed it just as much as me and with any luck, she will pass it to somebody else.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Full of Hatred Nov 7 1997
By A Customer
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Sorry, but I didn't care much for this one. I could not detect that the author had much love for the desert, just a lot of hatred for humankind. Let the reader be prepared for that, and not expect a pretty documentary about the desert.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A flawed man - but nearly a perfect book
5.0 out of 5 stars A flawed man - but nearly a perfect book, October 1, 2010

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Published on Oct 11 2010 by Kieran Fox
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but uneven...
Edward Abbey's collection of essays about his work at the then Arches National Monument(which he calls National Moneymint to mock the villains who wish to pave over everything). Read more
Published on July 7 2004 by Peter LaPrade
5.0 out of 5 stars Desert Solitaire
This book is awsome. It is hard to believe that 30 years later some of the same problems exist for the NPS. Abbey definitely was a visionary. Read more
Published on April 15 2004 by J. Bliss
3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable and entertaining but not much Natual History
You've got to admire a man known as the quintessential evironmentalist who writes so gleefully about trashing nearly everyplace he goes. Read more
Published on Mar 20 2004 by Mark E. Baxter
5.0 out of 5 stars An Inspirational Call to Action!
I first read this book while spending a solitary winter in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho. I cannot imagine a better companion. Read more
Published on Dec 9 2003 by freeheel
5.0 out of 5 stars Environmentalism from a better time
Today, in order to be a true progressive or environmentalist, one has to always be thinking about how whatever one may be doing, it is invariably negatively affecting something... Read more
Published on Nov 8 2003 by Shaun Lee
1.0 out of 5 stars Not for the faint of heart (or stomach)
I started reading this because it is required reading for a class I am taking. I stopped before I had read the end of the fourth chapter - when the author kills a rabbit! Read more
Published on Oct 15 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars Rugged Individualism Personified
This book is the author's memoir of the time he was a park ranger at Arches National Monument in Utah. Read more
Published on Sep 17 2003 by IRA Ross
5.0 out of 5 stars Solitaire...Savage...Unforgiving...Beautiful
I have always wanted to visit the desert southwest. Last year, after 33 years I finally got the chance. Read more
Published on Aug 21 2003 by "rubbernipplesalesman"
3.0 out of 5 stars Torn Between Two Voices
To begin, I loved parts of _Desert Solataire_. Abbey seemed to be warbling between humility, confusion, and utter, unabashed egotism. Read more
Published on July 6 2003 by Daphne
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