Edward Abbey (1927-1989) was born in Home, Pennsylvania. He received graduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of New Mexico, and attended the University of Edinburgh. He worked for a time as a forest ranger and was a committed naturalist and a fierce environmentalist; such was his anger, eloquence, and action on the subject that he has become a heroic, almost mythic figure to a whole host of environmental groups and literally millions of readers. Abbey's career as a writer spanned four decades and encompassed a variety of genres, from essays to novels. One of his early successes was the novel The Brave Cowboy, which was made into the movie Lonely Are the Brave. His 1968 collection of essays, Desert Solitaire, became a necessary text for the new environmentalists, like the group 'Earth First,' and his rambunctious 1975 novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, a picaresque tale of environmental guerillas, which launched a national cult movement and sold over half-a-million copies. Other titles include The Journey Home, Fool's Progress, and the posthumously released Hayduke Lives!

Preliminary Remarks
Politics: Free speech: The Cowboy and His Cow
Arizona: How Big is Big Enough?
Theory of Anarchy
Eco-Defense
Blood Sport
Immigration and Liberal Taboos
Wild Horses
Travel: A San Francisco Journal
Lake Powell by Houseboat
River Solitaire: A Daybook
River of No Return
Forty Years as a Canyoneer
Big Bend
TV Show: Out There in the Rocks
Round River Rendezvous: The Rio Grande
Books and Art: A Writer's Credo
Mr Krutch
The Remington Studio
The Future of Sex: A Reaction to a Pair of Books--
Brownmiller's Femininity and Steinem's Outrageous Acts
Emerson
Nature Love: Sportsmen