About this title: "But hell, I do like to write letters. Much easier than writing books." And write letters Ed Abbey did. In his famous -- or infamous -- 45-year career, Abbey's cards and letters became as legendary as his books for their wit, vitriol, and ability to speak truth to power. Published here for the first time, the letters offer a fascinating, often ...
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Description: Good. 1571312846 Ex-library book with stickers and stampings. Overall nice condition book with clean text and good binding unless otherwise noted. Most items ship within 24 hours. read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, MN
Date Published: 2006
Description: Very Good. A 75 page Advance Sampler in pictorial wrappers. Edited by David Petersen. Foreword by Terry Tempest Williams. A collection of high-energy, previously unpublished letters by the late author of The Monkey Wrench Gang and Desert Solitaire.; 75 pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Date Published: 2007-08-28
ISBN-13:9781571312853ISBN:1571312854
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781571312853. read more
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BW2-Book has light shelf wear otherwise fine. Foreword by Terry Tempest Williams. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781571312846ISBN:1571312846
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First Edition. NF/NF. Hardcover, white boards with silver gilt titles, DJ, 296 pp, b&w illustrations, very slight shelfwear to DJ, else a nice, clean and crisp copy. read more
"Abbey's letters, published by friends after his death, don't make me want to read his novels, but they do win my admiration for his stubborn refusal to sign up for anybody else's set of values. He could live with being called a left-wing nut or a right-wing nut. But he mourned, and cussed at, the way his friends and enemies wouldn't answer his letters in kind. He wanted them to really engage with him on how to keep Arizona, for example, from ending up as a "human zoo" with very few other animals left to look at the people."
"Fans of Abbey will be pleased with this collection of letters to newspaper and magazine editors, book publishers, family, friends, and foes. Those who are less than fond of Cactus Ed will find nothing in these pages to alter their opinion of him or justify the time and energy they'll spend in reading this book. Each letter brings into sharp focus everything that you suspected about Abbey - that he's horribly sarcastic, sometimes insensitive, tragically romantic, and behind the times while at the same time far it front of it.
Highly recommended to fans of crank letters to stuffy periodicals, political organizations, and figures in academia."
"Ed Abbey is a western "god". This book is just an interesting look into his letters written to newspapers and friend and gives the reader a more intimate look at his true personality."
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