"Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all over the western landscape. Now ... nature writer David Gessner follows the ghosts of these two remarkable writer-environmentalists from Stegner's birthplace in Saskatchewan to the site of Abbey's pilgrimages to Arches National Park in Utah, braiding their stories and asking how they speak to the lives of all those who care about the West"--Dust jacket flap.
Record details
ISBN:0393089991 (hardcover)
ISBN:9780393089998 (hardcover)
Physical Description:354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-320) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Going west -- First sight -- Lighting the way -- Paradise, lost and found -- Oil and water -- Making a name -- How to fight -- Down the river with Ed and Wally -- The death and life of monkeywrenching -- Properly wild -- Going home again -- Teachers.
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