The Resource Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness, by Edward Abbey ; drawings by Peter Parnall, (electronic resource)
Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness, by Edward Abbey ; drawings by Peter Parnall, (electronic resource)
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The item Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness, by Edward Abbey ; drawings by Peter Parnall, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Okanagan Regional Library.
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The item Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness, by Edward Abbey ; drawings by Peter Parnall, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Okanagan Regional Library.
- Summary
- When Desert Solitaire was first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude and sensitive. Thought-provoking and mystical. Angry and loving. Both Abbey and this book are all of these and more. Here, the legendary author of The Monkey Wrench Gang, Abbey's Road and many other critically acclaimed books vividly captures the essence of his life during three seasons as a park ranger in southeastern Utah. This is a rare view of a quest to experience nature in its purest form -- the silence, the struggle, the overwhelming beauty. But this is also the gripping, anguished cry of a man of character who challenges the growing exploitation of the wilderness by oil and mining interests, as well as by the tourist industry. Abbey's observations and challenges remain as relevant now as the day he wrote them. Today, Desert Solitaire asks if any of our incalculable natural treasures can be saved before the bulldozers strike again
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Touchstone ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 269 p.)
- Note
-
- " ... Desert solitaire was first published in 1968"--P. [4] of cover
- "A Touchstone book."
- Contents
-
- The first morning
- Solitaire
- The serpents of paradise
- Cliffrose and bayonets
- Polemic: industrial tourism and the national parks
- Rocks
- Cowboys and Indians
- Cowboys and Indians, part II
- Water
- The heat of noon: rock and tree and cloud
- The moon-eyed horse
- Down the river
- Havasu
- The dead man at Grandview Point
- Tukuhnikivats, the island in the desert
- Episodes and vivions
- Terra incognita: into the maze
- Bedrock and paradox
- Isbn
- 9780795317484
- Label
- Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness
- Title
- Desert solitaire
- Title remainder
- a season in the wilderness
- Statement of responsibility
- by Edward Abbey ; drawings by Peter Parnall
- Subject
-
- Desert biology -- Utah | Arches National Park
- Desert biology
- Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989
- Biography
- Electronic books
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Arches National Park (Utah)
- Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography
- Park rangers
- 1900 - 1999
- Utah -- Arches National Park
- United States
- Environmentalists
- Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989
- Novelists, American
- Park rangers -- United States -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- When Desert Solitaire was first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude and sensitive. Thought-provoking and mystical. Angry and loving. Both Abbey and this book are all of these and more. Here, the legendary author of The Monkey Wrench Gang, Abbey's Road and many other critically acclaimed books vividly captures the essence of his life during three seasons as a park ranger in southeastern Utah. This is a rare view of a quest to experience nature in its purest form -- the silence, the struggle, the overwhelming beauty. But this is also the gripping, anguished cry of a man of character who challenges the growing exploitation of the wilderness by oil and mining interests, as well as by the tourist industry. Abbey's observations and challenges remain as relevant now as the day he wrote them. Today, Desert Solitaire asks if any of our incalculable natural treasures can be saved before the bulldozers strike again
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1927-1989
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Abbey, Edward
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3551.B2
- LC item number
- Z463 1990eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Abbey, Edward
- Abbey, Edward
- Novelists, American
- Environmentalists
- Park rangers
- Desert biology
- Desert biology
- Environmentalists
- Novelists, American
- Park rangers
- Arches National Park (Utah)
- United States
- Utah
- Label
- Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness, by Edward Abbey ; drawings by Peter Parnall, (electronic resource)
- Note
-
- " ... Desert solitaire was first published in 1968"--P. [4] of cover
- "A Touchstone book."
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- The first morning -- Solitaire -- The serpents of paradise -- Cliffrose and bayonets -- Polemic: industrial tourism and the national parks -- Rocks -- Cowboys and Indians -- Cowboys and Indians, part II -- Water -- The heat of noon: rock and tree and cloud -- The moon-eyed horse -- Down the river -- Havasu -- The dead man at Grandview Point -- Tukuhnikivats, the island in the desert -- Episodes and vivions -- Terra incognita: into the maze -- Bedrock and paradox
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st Touchstone ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 269 p.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780795317484
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)803380138
- (OCoLC)ocn803380138
- Label
- Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness, by Edward Abbey ; drawings by Peter Parnall, (electronic resource)
- Note
-
- " ... Desert solitaire was first published in 1968"--P. [4] of cover
- "A Touchstone book."
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- The first morning -- Solitaire -- The serpents of paradise -- Cliffrose and bayonets -- Polemic: industrial tourism and the national parks -- Rocks -- Cowboys and Indians -- Cowboys and Indians, part II -- Water -- The heat of noon: rock and tree and cloud -- The moon-eyed horse -- Down the river -- Havasu -- The dead man at Grandview Point -- Tukuhnikivats, the island in the desert -- Episodes and vivions -- Terra incognita: into the maze -- Bedrock and paradox
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st Touchstone ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 269 p.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780795317484
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)803380138
- (OCoLC)ocn803380138
Subject
- 1900 - 1999
- Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989
- Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989
- Arches National Park (Utah)
- Biography
- Desert biology
- Desert biology -- Utah | Arches National Park
- Electronic books
- Environmentalists
- Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography
- Novelists, American
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Park rangers
- Park rangers -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- Utah -- Arches National Park
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