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All the wild that remains : Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West  Cover Image Book Book

All the wild that remains : Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West / David Gessner.

Summary:

"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.

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  • ISBN: 9780393089998
  • ISBN: 0393089991
  • Physical Description: 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989.
Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Environmentalists > United States > Biography.
Conservationists > United States > Biography.
Environmentalism in literature.
Environmentalism > West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) > Environmental conditions.
Genre: Biographies.

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All the Wild That Remains : Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West
All the Wild That Remains : Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West
by Gessner, David
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Table of Contents

All the Wild That Remains : Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
1Going Westp. 1
2First Sightp. 16
3Lighting the Wayp. 50
4Paradise, Lost and Foundp. 74
5Oil and Waterp. 108
6Making a Namep. 138
6How to Fightp. 164
8Down the River with Ed and Wallyp. 189
9The Death and Life of Monkey Wrenchingp. 213
10Properly Wildp. 226
11Going Home Againp. 257
12Teachersp. 268
Acknowledgmentsp. 291
Notes on Sourcesp. 299
Image Creditsp. 321
Indexp. 323

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