Description

A spirited collection of essays, reflections, and commissioned pieces from one of America’s most provocative voices on wilderness and individual freedom. Edward Abbey ranges across the American West, conservation, politics, literature, travel, and the absurdities of modern life, combining sharp observation with irreverent humor and a fiercely independent spirit. Part cultural criticism, part personal meditation, the book captures Abbey’s enduring passion for wild places and his distrust of bureaucracy, conformity, and environmental destruction. These lively, uncompromising essays showcase the wit and conviction that made Abbey a defining figure in modern environmental writing.

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paperback edition cover

paperback

Holt

Published Jan 1, 1988

225 pages

ISBN: 0805006028

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Details

First Published

1988

Language

eng

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for One Life at a Time, Please by Edward Abbey.

Violence
Animal Cruelty
Death/Grief