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All the wild that remains Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West

"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 Ab...

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Main Author: Gessner, David, 1961-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
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.
Biographies.
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.
Physical Description: 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780393089998 (hardcover)
0393089991 (hardcover)
Author Notes: David Gessner is the award-winning author of Return of the Osprey, My Green Manifesto, The Tarball Chronicles, and other books. He currently lives and teaches in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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