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Edward Abbey: Desert Solitaire (1985, Ballantine Books) 4 stars

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

Review of 'Desert Solitaire' on Goodreads

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.