The journey home : some words in defense of the American West

Abbey, Edward 1927-1989 (Author).

Summary: Long considered an underground classic, The Journey Home stands beside Desert Solitude as one of Abbey's most important works. In a voice edged with chagrin, Abbey offers a portrait of the American West that readers will not soon forget, presenting the reflections and observations of a man who left the urban world behind in pursuit of the natural one and the myths buried therein.

Record details

ISBN: 9780452265622
ISBN: 0452265622
Physical Description: xiv, 242 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
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Publisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Plume, [1991]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Dutton, c1977.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Hallelujah on the bum -- The Great American desert -- Disorder and early sorrow -- Fire lookout: Numa Ridge -- Snow Canyon -- Desert places -- Death Valley -- Come on in -- Manhattan twilight, Hoboken night -- God's plan for the state of Utah: a revelation -- The great Globe Arizona wild pig and varmint hunt -- Telluride blues, a hatchet job -- Let us now praise mountain lions -- Return to Yosemite: tree fuzz vs. freaks -- The BLOB comes to Arizona -- The second rape of the West -- Down the river with Major Powell -- Walking -- The crooked wood -- Mountain Music -- Shadows from the big woods -- Freedom and wilderness, wilderness and freedom -- Dust: a movie.