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Desert Solitaire

A Season in the Wilderness

Edward Abbey

A ranger's first-hand account of the beauty of the American West's remaining wilderness. Full of passionate and poetic prose, the author reflects on the future of civilization's relationship with nature, as well as his own moral struggle. A timeless call to preserve the natural world.
Publish Date
1971-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
1971-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1968
Goodreads Rating
4.19
ISBN
9780345326492
Recommendations
2
Recommendations
So powerful, so enduring, so fiercely necessary today.      source
2022-07-23T16:54:28.000Z
@BenjiBacker Have you read Desert Solitaire? There’s a big rant about this in the book (which was written in 1968) and Abbey’s solutions would frankly be rejected today for making outdoors access impossible for the elderly/disabled. It’s a really interesting problem.      source