Edward Abbey

Paul Edward Abbey (Indiana, Pennsylvania, 1927 - January 29, Tucson (Arizona), 14 March 1989) was an American writer and essayist, known for his advocacy of environmental issues. His most famous work is the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which formed the inspiration for the Foundation of the radical environmental movement [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FEarth_First! Earth First!]. Also the non-fiction work Desert Solitaire about his career as a park ranger became a best seller. Writer Larry McMurtry called Abbey "the Thoreau of the American West". Abbey was an anarchist.

The Abbey received his B.A. from the University of New Mexico in 1951. After getting his masters in 1956, he became a member of the National Park Service, where he worked as a park ranger and firefighter. Later he taught writing at the University of Arizona.

Abbey wrote books and essays on nature, such as Desert Solitaire (1968) and Down the River (1982). It was, however, especially in his novels The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975) and Hayduke Lives! (1990) that he expressed his outrage over the destruction of Deserts and rivers by dams builders and developers. Of the more than 20 books that Abbey wrote The Monkey Wrench Gang is undoubtedly the most notorious. In it he tells the story of four ecological saboteurs ("ecoteurs") who, in the name of Arizona's Glen Canyon Dam nature protection want to blow up. The author called his book a satire, however, others saw it as a how-to guide to the destruction of property. The novel inspired the formation of the militant group [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FEarth_First! Earth First!] Sabotage in defense of the environment was even known as "monkey-wrenching". ==Bibliography[ Edit] == ===Fiction[ Edit] === ===Non-Fiction[ Edit] ===
 * Jonathan Troy (1954) (ISBN 1-131-40684-2)
 * The Brave Cowboy (1956) (ISBN 0-8263-0448-6), of which a film adaptation was made: Lonely Are the Brave, 1962
 * Fire on the Mountain (1962) (ISBN 0-8263-0457-5)
 * Black Sun (1971) (ISBN 0-88496-167-2)
 * The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975) (ISBN 0-397-01084-2)
 * Good News (1980) (ISBN 0-525-11583-8)
 * The fool's Progress (1988) (ISBN 0-8050-0921-3)
 * Hayduke Lives (1989) (ISBN 0-316-00411-1)
 * Earth Apples: The Poetry of Edward Abbey (1994) (ISBN 0-312-outermost suburbs-3)
 * Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness (1968) (ISBN 0-8165-1057-1)
 * Appalachian Wilderness (1970)
 * Slick rock (1971) (ISBN 0-87156-051-8)
 * Cactus Country (1973)
 * The Journey Home (1977) (ISBN 0-525- -13753 X)
 * The Hidden Canyon (1977)
 * Abbey's Road (1979) (ISBN 0-525- -05006 X)
 * Desert Images (1979)
 * Down the River (with Henry Thoreau & Other Friends) (1982) (ISBN 0-525-09524-1)
 * In Praise of Mountain Lions (1984)
 * Beyond the Wall (1984) (ISBN 0-03-069299-7)
 * One Life at a Time, Please (1988) (ISBN 0-8050-0602-8)
 * A Voice Crying in the Wilderness: Notes from a Secret Journal (1989)
 * Confessions of a Barbarian: Selections from the Journals of Edward Abbey, 1951 – 1989 (1994) (ISBN 0-316-00415-4)