desert solitaire a season in the wilderness edward abbey

Once again a fond, but not sanguine look at the wilderness by someone who appreciates what conservation means. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He tells a few tales of (vanishing) cowboys and (increasing) Indians, of out-of-hand humans in the wilds. Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey 47,094 ratings, 4.19 average rating, 3,313 reviews Open Preview Desert Solitaire Quotes Showing 1-30 of 221 Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. ''We need more coyotes, more mountain lions.'' His own experience with sun and moon, desert and mountain, the Grand Canyon and the Colorado, birds and beasts, he shares open handedly. He resents the intrusion (then imminent, now immanent) of Industrial Tourism, through the betterment of roads, pleads fora living wilderness, where people come by foot, horse, even bicycle. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness Brief Summary Desert solitaire : Edward Abbey The basic theme of the book is the account of one of the seasons Abbey spent in the desert near the Colorado Plateau in Utah. Aiming not at imitation but evocation, he describes his days, making the rounds of the natural formations, guiding, visiting, picking up after the tourists who continue to come in their iron dinosaurs (the automobile is the tin can, the parker ranger is the opener). The word itself is music,'' muses Abbey, after his season of content as a ranger at the Arches National Monument in southeast Utah. This awareness in the 1960s did not force better solutions to our current problems of water now.Wilderness. The disappearance in the Southwest and boom in population using what's left of the available water. The biggest part of the book that holds so much importance now is the issue of water. It's not for the elderly waiting later in life and taking their RV's, they missed the experience. It's not for the very young, they don't understand it yet. It should be for people to walk and hike into and explore. In many ways, his personal philosophy of tearing out the roads to the national parks rings more true than ever. His purpose-driven life in the natural environment, and the understanding of human impact on the environment are important lessons he wrote about for those for years to come. Having lived in the American West for 30 years now, the shifting environment with more wildfires, drier conditions and expanding population shifts to the west are points that Abbey made in this book in the 1960s. I've read other works of Edward Abbey, this book still holds a great deal of relevance.

A book that sat on my 'to read list' for many years.

Desert solitaire a season in the wilderness edward abbey