The Oxford Companion to American Literature | Abbey, Edward
Abbey, Edward( 1927–89), born and lived in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania, went to the University of New Mexico for A.B. and graduate study. He began his career as a novelist, but achieved wide recognition with the essays in Desert Solitaire (1968), which treats life in an open desert park from April to October and is based on Abbey's park ranger experience. His feeling for wilderness led to work on his childhood land in Appalachian Wilderness (1970) and to related nonfiction: Skyrock: The Canyon Country of Southeast Utah (1971) and Cactus Country (1973). The Journey Home and Down the River (1982) collect personal wilderness experiences. Later fiction includes Black Sun (1971), about human love involving a hermit-like park ranger; The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975), opposing industry's invading wild land; The Fool's Progress (1988); and Hayduke Lives (1989). Later...
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