Desert Solitaire (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Abbey
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Work: Essays
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Nature writing
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Southwest, Environment or environmental health, Animals, Mountains, Parks, Monuments
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness is the work for which Abbey is best known and by which he is most frequently defined. It contains his views on a variety of subjects, from the problems of the United States Park Service to an angry indictment of the evils of technology masquerading under the guise of progress. No voice is more eloquent in the praise of America's remaining wilderness nor more vitriolic in attacking those who would exploit and destroy it for profit.
In the introduction to Desert Solitaire, Abbey informs his readers that he has combined the...
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