Main Title |
Desert solitaire : a season in the wilderness / |
Author |
Abbey, Edward,
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
McGraw-Hill Book Company, |
Year Published |
1968 |
OCLC Number |
00246148 |
Subjects |
Novelists, American--20th century--Biography ;
Environmentalists--United States--Biography ;
Park rangers--United States--Biography ;
Desert biology--Utah--Arches National Park ;
Arches National Park (Utah)
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Additional Subjects |
Abbey, Edward,--1927-1989
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EOAM |
PS3551.B2Z5 1968 Sustainability Collection |
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Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
08/22/2008 |
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Edition |
{1st ed.}. |
Collation |
xiv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Contents Notes |
Author's introduction -- The first morning -- Solitaire -- The serpents of paradise -- Cliffrose and bayonets -- Polemic: Industrial tourism and the national parks -- Rocks -- Cowboys and indians -- Cowboys and indians Part II -- Water -- The heat of noon: Rock and tree and cloud -- The moon-eyed horse -- Down the river -- Havasu -- The dead man at Grandview Point -- Tukuhnikivats, the island in the desert -- Episodes and visions -- Terra incognita: Into the maze -- Bedrock and paradox. |