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Author:

Gessner, David, 1961-

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Abbey, Edward,--1927-1989.
Stegner, Wallace,--1909-1993.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Environmentalists--Biography.
Conservationists--Biography.
Environmentalism in literature.
Environmentalism--West (U.S.)
West (U.S.)--Environmental conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

0393089991 (hardcover)
9780393089998 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2014036995

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