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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Abbey, Edward
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- 9780345326492
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0345326490
ISBN-13
9780345326492
eBay Product ID (ePID)
151029
Product Key Features
Book Title
Desert Solitaire : a Season in the Wilderness
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Ecosystems & Habitats / Deserts, Ecology, Literary, Parks & Campgrounds, Natural Resources
Publication Year
1985
Genre
Nature, Travel, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Mass Market
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
6.2 Oz
Item Length
6.9 in
Item Width
4.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
67-026166
Reviews
"This book may well seem like a ride on a bucking bronco. It is rough, tough, combative. The author is a rebel and an eloquent loner. His is a passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures . . . set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty." --Edwin Way Teale, The New York Times Book Review
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
818/.5/403
Synopsis
"Rough, tough, combative . . . a passionately felt, deeply poetic book."--Edwin Way Teale, The New York Times Book Review "This is not primarily a book about the desert," writes Edward Abbey in his introduction. "In recording my impressions of the natural scene I have striven above all for accuracy, since I believe that there is a kind of poetry, even a kind of truth, in simple fact. But the desertis a vast world, an oceanic world, as deep in its way and complex and various as the sea. Language makes a mighty loose net with which to go fishing for simple facts, when facts are infinite. If a man knew enough he could write a whole book about the juniper tree. Not juniper trees in general but that one particular juniper tree which grows from a ledge of naked sandstone near the old entrance to Arches National Monument. What I have tried to do then is something a bit different. Since you cannot get the desert into a book any more than a fisherman can haul up the sea with his nets, I have tried to create a world of words in which the desert figures more as medium than as material. Not imitation but evocation has been the goal.", "A passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures...set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKREVIEW Edward Abbey lived for three seasons in the desert at Moab, Utah, and what he discovered about the land before him, the world around him, and the heart that beat within, is a fascinating, sometimes raucous, always personal account of a place that has already disappeared, but is worth remembering and living through again and again.
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- i***o (910)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseSmooth transaction, item in perfect condition, thanks!
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- i***o (910)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseSmooth transaction, item in perfect condition, thanks!
- j***s (1104)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseJust as described, great condition, great packaging, good price, thanks so much, oh & I think you gave me the wrong tracking number, as this just came today July 28th, the one I got came last week in another part of NY, thanks though, A+++ Seller :)
- d***i (217)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchasePacked safely and securely - Shipping was slow (10 days from an hour and a half away!) but it was Free! I thought Price was especially reasonable! Book came in Exactly as Described and I can't wait to start reading it! I Recommend this Seller!Commodore: The Amiga Years by Bagnall, Brian [Hardcover] (#305372157502)
- e***j (92)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseA rocky start after I had to NUDGE the Seller into checking on my order after MORE than a week with NOTHING happening... But Seller communication was GOOD and the item showed up, well packaged, within the delivery window. Item was well priced, and they had a series that I STRUGGLED to find elsewhere, in NEW condition. I would recommend this seller if you can't find it elsewhere, that's the best I can give them.Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers (Manga) Vol. 1 (#305350494827)