03448cam a2200541 i 4500 2599380464 TxAuBib 20251021120000.0 r 221209s1990||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780795317484 electronic bk. 0795317484 electronic bk. 9780671695880 (OCoLC)803380138 TxAuBib rda Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989. Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness / by Edward Abbey ; drawings by Peter Parnall. 1st Touchstone ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1990. 1 online resource. txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier " ... Desert solitaire was first published in 1968"--Page 4 of cover. "A Touchstone book.". 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 visions -- Terra incognita: into the maze -- Bedrock and paradox. An account of the author's experiences, observations, and reflections as a seasonal park ranger in southeast Utah. 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. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web. 20251021. Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989. Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989. fast 1900-1999. Novelists, American 20th century Biography. Environmentalists United States Biography. Park rangers United States Biography. Desert biology Utah Arches National Park. Environmentalists. fast Park rangers. fast Desert biology. fast Novelists, American. fast Arches National Park (Utah.) Utah fast Arches National Park. Utah. fast United States. fast Biographies. fast https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/unt/detail.action?docID=5890272%22;%20target=%22_blank