Edward Abbey

‘My favourite book about the wilderness’ Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild In this shimmering masterpiece of American nature writing, Edward Abbey ventures alone into the canyonlands of Moab, Utah, to work as a seasonal ranger for the United States National Park Service. Living out of a trailer, Abbey captures in rapt, poetic prose the landscape of the desert; a world...

When first published, Desert Images was a watershed project in the nascent environmental movement, bringing together two titans of American literature and art in their heyday. Still resonating all these decades later, Muench's evocative photography and Abbey's fiery, poetic text remain an unsurpassed tribute to this extraordinary American landscape. Those who imagine that the desert is merely a monotonous vista...

"A thing of beauty... A wildly funny, infinitely wise, near to tragic tale of man against the big god machine." --Houston Chronicle A special 50th anniversary edition of Edward Abbey's classic tale of rebellion, camaraderie, and environmental justice. A prescient, comic masterpiece of destructive mayhem and outrageous civil disobedience that speaks to us today—with a new introduction by the real-life...