Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 – March 14, 1989) was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views.

Mar 10, 2025 · Edward Abbey (born January 29, 1927, Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died March 14, 1989, near Tucson [now in Tucson], Arizona) was an American writer whose works, set primarily in the southwestern United States, reflect an …

Complete order of Edward Abbey books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.

The controversial writings on the American West by American essayist and novelist Edward Abbey (1927–1989) exerted a strong influence on the development of the modern environmental movement in both its mainstream and radical forms.

Jul 7, 2016 · All the Wild that Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West, by essayist David Gessner, is an effective combination of travelogue, biography and memoir.

Feb 19, 2025 · Edward Abbey in his late fifties. Long after he composed his passionate prospectus for how (not) to die and not long before he returned his borrowed atoms to the earth, Abbey offered his best advice on how to live in a speech he delivered before a gathering of environmental activists:

Sep 25, 2021 · Author Edward Abbey spent his adult life exploring the desert canyons of Utah. Just two summers employed at Arches inspired his best-known book. "The desert wears... a veil of mystery. Motionless and silent it evokes in us an elusive hint of something unknown, unknowable, about to be revealed.

Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 – March 14, 1989) was an American author, essayist and environmental activist who’s work focused heavily on Glen Canyon and the free-flowing Colorado River. Abbey’s early life took place in Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 – March 14, 1989) was an American nature writer. He is known for books including Desert Solitaire, Black Sun, The Journey Home, The Fool's Progress, and Hayduke Lives.

Edward Abbey, (born Jan. 29, 1927, Indiana, Pa., U.S.—died March 14, 1989, near Tucson, Ariz.), U.S. writer and environmentalist. Abbey worked as a park ranger and fire lookout for the National Park Service. He wrote a number of volumes on consumer culture’s encroachment on the American wilderness.