Abbey Edward Edited John Macrae (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This book is in near fine condition. There is a stain on the top and front side edges in the middle of the book but there are no tears. The jacket is in fine condition and has no tears or stains. This book is about Edward Abbey and traces his life from his boyhood in Home, Pennsylvania to his death in Tucson, Arizona. The book presents 35 selections, arranged chronologically by date of incident (not of publication) and demonstrates that Abbey was passionately, insistently his own man. The selections are from Abbey's own works. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit environmental restoration and education.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: New. No Jacket. From boyhood in Home, Pennsylvania, to his death in Tucson, Arizona, in 1989, this book offers - in Abbey's own words - the world of an American original. Whether writing fact or fiction, Abbey was always an autobiographer. Each of the thirty-five selections presented here, arranged chronologically by date of incident (not of publication), demonstrates that Abbey was passionately, insistently his own man. As poet-farmer Wendell Berry puts it: "He remains Edward Abbey, speaking as and for himself, fighting, literally, for dear life . for the survival not only of nature, but of human nature, of culture, as only our heritage of works and hopes can define it." To speak for the voiceless was his mission. He was a virtuoso of the well-phrased thought in which style and content, symbol and meaning - each imbued with humor - come together to defy the powerful, reminding us always that preservation of wild nature is a key to a free spirit. And along with Emerson and Thoreau, Abbey, the uncompromising stylist, knew that the corruption of language follows the corruption of man. "Language," Abbey wrote, "seeks to transcend itself, 'to grasp the thing that has no name.'". New Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 400 pages. A record as important and lovely as Muir's and Thoreau's. In his hands the mythologies of the West were renewed. As new, except for a bit of edgewear to the top of the dustjacket spine. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box.…