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Well, Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear.

The Monkeywrench Gang by Edward Abbey

June 4, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This book feel so squarely an early 1970s book. It’s about a group of proto-eco terrorist/eco warriors who are as much anti-corporate as they are pro-environment. The group is far from monolithic, with a doctor who has witnessed the body horrors of pollution-fueled cancers, a Vietnam vet with PTSD who witnessed Agent Orange firsthand, a Brooklyn grad student who studied French literature and has that Jacobin spirit in her, and a polygamous Mormon who just loves the outdoors. It’s also a comedy. Anyway, they team […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Edward Abbey, the monkeywrench gang

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:311 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Edward Abbey, the monkeywrench gang ·
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Finally getting around to a classic, but I’m disappointed in the man

June 6, 2017 by Sophia Leave a Comment

“Original sin, the true original sin, is the blind destruction for the sake of greed of this natural paradise which lies all around us–if only we were worthy of it.” (208) “We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life of the cities would drive all men into crime or drugs or psychoanalysis.” (162) Desert Solitaire (1968) by Edward Abbey is one of those classic environmental books that I’ve heard about for years but never got around to reading. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Edward Abbey, Environment, Sophia, Southwest

Sophia's CBR9 Review No:4 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Edward Abbey, Environment, Sophia, Southwest ·
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