Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780805006032ISBN:0805006036
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0805006036 Used address stamp in ink. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, LLC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780805006032ISBN:0805006036
Description: Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. BC6-A trade paperback book in good+ to very good-condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated white and red wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very, very light edge wear around the covers' edges plus there is some very light foxing on the top outside paper edges plus there is a crease on the front cover at the top right corner. A collection of previously published essays on topics as diverse as ... read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. sd Hardly used, almost like new! Clean, unmarked pages. Some shelfwear/rubbing on cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 225 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780805006032ISBN:0805006036
Description: Very Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very-good+, clean condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. NO tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. ONLY writing/mark inside book is nice gift inscription in book front, on blank page: "Happy Mother's Day! Edward Abbey is one of my favorite authors and you're my very favorite mom, so I thought you two would go well together". 225 pages. Synopsis From stories about cattlemen, fellow critics, his beloved desert, cities, and technocrats to thoughts on ... read more
Description: Octavo, wraps, softcover. VG cond. Discusses politics, travel, books and art. His books are antidotes to despair. 225 pp. Most of these essays were commissioned by a magazine editor, book publisher or college speakers bureau. All were written for money and all were written for fun. The author's favorite essay herein is "Immigration and Liberal Taboos". read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Glossy Softcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co., New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780805006032ISBN:0805006036
Description: As New. 0805006036 225pp Essays Softcover. read more
Edition: First EDITION
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: HENRY HOLT & CO, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780805006032ISBN:0805006036
Description: Very Good. BIOGRAPHY. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 225 PAGES. RED SOFT COVERS. FIRST PRINTING. BOOK IS CLEAN, BRIGHT AND SECURE. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Owl Books
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780805006032ISBN:0805006036
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
"a score of essays on politics, travel and books. this was the final collection published before abbey's death in 1989, and arguably one of his most accomplished. "a writer's credo" is one of the finest essays on writing i have ever read.
why write? how justify this mad itch for scribbling? speaking for myself, i write to entertain my friends and to exasperate our enemies. i write to record the truth of our time as best as i can see it. to investigate the comedy and tragedy of human relationships. to oppose, resist, and sabotage the contemporary drift toward a global technocratic police state, whatever its ideological coloration. i write to oppose injustice, to defy power, and to speak for the voiceless. i write to make a difference. "it is always a writer's duty," said samuel johnson, "to make the world better." i write to give pleasure and promote aesthetic bliss. to honor life and to praise the divine beauty of the natural world. i write for the joy and exultation of writing itself. to tell my story."
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