THE JOURNEY HOME : Some Words in Defense of the American West
by Abbey, Edward
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0525037004
- ISBN 13
- 9780525037002
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York,: E.P. Dutton, 1977. First Edition, 9th Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Jim Stiles (Illustrator). Text/Bright, clean As New w/folded corner to pg 55. Softcover/VG; strong w/edge rubs & creasings to spine; back cover carries an expressive self-portrait by Abbey. 23 essays from environmental activist & forthright social critic Edward Paul Abbey (1927 - 1989), best known for the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang and the non-fiction work Desert Solitaire. In the Preface to this book, Abbey states this volume, as was Desert Solitarie, is a personal history --- a "one man's odyssey in search of Ithaca., my home is the American west....This book is ... the story of how I discovered my home...a description of it... an effort to defend that home... I am an extremist, one who lives and loves by choice." 242 pgs in 23 chapters w/illustrations by Jim Stiles. Strong copy despite flaws.
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- Title
- THE JOURNEY HOME : Some Words in Defense of the American West
- Author
- Abbey, Edward
- Illustrator
- Jim Stiles (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 9th Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0525037004
- ISBN 13
- 9780525037002
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York,
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Anthology/Philosophy/Memoir/Autobiography/America West
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; Narratives/Essays/Prose;
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