`Edward Abbey: A Life,' by James M. Cahalan. University of Arizona Press.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: January 9, 2002| Author: Paul, Steve | Copyright information

Edward Abbey was an outspoken voice for wilderness, especially the desert wilderness of the American West. A cantankerous, crusty, free-spirited writer, he lived life and literature on his own terms. Which often meant large and lustily.

Abbey became the de facto spiritual leader of environmentalism's most aggressive wing, spawning young followers who were turned on to the wild world by his memoir ``Desert Solitaire'' (1968) and to activism by his novel ``The Monkey Wren...

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