9780826323873-0826323871-Adventures with Ed: A Portrait of Abbey

Adventures with Ed: A Portrait of Abbey

ISBN-13: 9780826323873
ISBN-10: 0826323871
Edition: First Edition
Author: Jack Loeffler
Publication date: 2001
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Format: Hardcover 308 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780826323873
ISBN-10: 0826323871
Edition: First Edition
Author: Jack Loeffler
Publication date: 2001
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Format: Hardcover 308 pages

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Adventures with Ed: A Portrait of Abbey (ISBN-13: 9780826323873 and ISBN-10: 0826323871), written by authors Jack Loeffler, was published by University of New Mexico Press in 2001. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Authors (Arts & Literature, Environmentalists & Naturalists, Professionals & Academics, Conservation, Nature & Ecology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Adventures with Ed: A Portrait of Abbey (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Authors books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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No writer has had a greater influence on the American West than Edward Abbey (1927-89), author of twenty-one books of fiction and nonfiction. This long-awaited biographical memoir by one of Abbey's closest friends is a tribute to the gadfly anarchist who popularized environmental activism in his novel The Monkey Wrench Gang and articulated the spirit of the arid West in Desert Solitaire and scores of other essays and articles. In the course of a twenty-year friendship Ed Abbey and Jack Loeffler shared hundreds of campfires, hiked thousands of miles, and talked endlessly about the meaning of life. To read Loeffler's account of his best pal's life and work is to join in their friendship.

Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Abbey came west to attend the University of New Mexico on the G.I. Bill. His natural inclination toward anarchism led him to study philosophy, but after earning an M.A. he rejected academic life and worked off and on for years as a backcountry ranger and fire lookout around the Southwest. His 1956 novel The Brave Cowboy launched his literary career, and by the 1970s he was recognized as an important, uniquely American voice. Abbey used his talents to protest against the mining and development of the American West. By the time of his death he had become an idol to environmentalists, writers, and free spirits all over the West.

"Ed Abbey and Jack Loeffler were like Don Quijote and Sancho Panza. Loeffler delivers his friend, warts and all on a platter full of reverence and irreverence and carefully researched factual information, interspersed with hearty laughter and much serious consideration of all life's Great Questions. Jack's story elucidates and demythifies the Abbey legend, giving us powerful flesh and blood instead."--John Nichols

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