Desert solitaire

a season in the wilderness

by

269 pages

English language

Published Jan. 4, 1990 by Simon & Schuster.

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4 stars (6 reviews)

A book about Edward Abbey's life as a park ranger in the American Southwest in the 1950's.

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3 stars

Angry misanthrope musings on the wildness of Utah's national parks and monuments from before they paved access into Arches NP, lots I can agree with in his critiques of Industrial Tourism and appreciation of time in inhospitable nowhere. But it suffers from masculine adolescent tone and some filler essays.

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Subjects

  • Abbey, Edward, 1927-
  • Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
  • Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography
  • Park rangers -- United States -- Biography
  • Desert biology -- Utah -- Arches National Park
  • Arches National Park (Utah)