Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 - March 14, 1989) was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies. His best-known works include the novel "The Monkey Wrench Gang", which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmental groups, and the non-fiction work "Desert Solitaire". Writer Larry McMurtry referred to Abbey as the "Thoreau of the American West". Wikipedia
The late author Edward Abbey, 1927-1989, had written five novels & published three of them by the time Desert Solitaire: A season in the Wilderness was published in 1968. recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/AbbeyEdward.htm
Political essays of Michael Lewis, dealing with things progressive, environmental; the thoughts of a professional curmudgeon. www.calcentral.com/~mlewis
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Edward Abbey was born January 29, 1927 in the improbably named town of Indiana, Pennsylvania and lived most of his childhood in a nearby town with an almost-equally unusual name, Home. www.ecotopia.org/ehof/abbey/bio.html
