Down the River is a collection of essays both timeless and timely. It is an exploration of the abiding beauty of some of the last great stretches of American wilderness on voyages down rivers where the body and mind float free, and the grandeur of nature gives rise to meditations on everything from the life of Henry David Thoreau to the militarization of the open range. At the same time, it is an impassioned condemnation of what is being done to our natural heritage in the name of progress, profit, and security. Filled with fiery dawns, wild and shining rivers, and radiant sandstone canyons,…mehr
Down the River is a collection of essays both timeless and timely. It is an exploration of the abiding beauty of some of the last great stretches of American wilderness on voyages down rivers where the body and mind float free, and the grandeur of nature gives rise to meditations on everything from the life of Henry David Thoreau to the militarization of the open range. At the same time, it is an impassioned condemnation of what is being done to our natural heritage in the name of progress, profit, and security. Filled with fiery dawns, wild and shining rivers, and radiant sandstone canyons, it is charged as well with heartfelt, rampageous rage at human greed, blindness, and folly. It is, in short, Edward Abbey at his best, where and when we need him most.
Edward Abbey, a self-proclaimed “agrarian anarchist,” was hailed as the “Thoreau of the American West.” Known nationally as a champion of the individual and one of this country’s foremost defenders of the natural environment, he was the author of twenty books, both fiction and nonfiction, including Desert Solitaire, The Monkey Wrench Gang, and The Journey Home. In 1989, at the age of sixty-two, Edward Abbey died in Oracle, Arizona.
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Preliminary Notes PART I: Thoreau and Other Friends 1 Down the River with Henry Thoreau 2 Watching the Birds: The Windhover 3 Meeting the Bear 4 Planting a Tree PART II: Politicks and Rivers 5 Notes from a Cold River 6 MX 7 Of Protest 8 Thus I Reply to Rene Dubos PART III: Places and Rivers 9 Running the San Juan 10 In the Canyon 11 Down There in Sonora 12 Aravaipa Canyon 13 Fool's Treasure PART IV: People, Books, and Rivers 14 River Rats 15 Footrace in the Desert 16 Reviewing Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 17 Paul Horgan's Josiah Gregg 18 My Friend Debris 19 Floating Postscript
Preliminary Notes PART I: Thoreau and Other Friends 1 Down the River with Henry Thoreau 2 Watching the Birds: The Windhover 3 Meeting the Bear 4 Planting a Tree PART II: Politicks and Rivers 5 Notes from a Cold River 6 MX 7 Of Protest 8 Thus I Reply to Rene Dubos PART III: Places and Rivers 9 Running the San Juan 10 In the Canyon 11 Down There in Sonora 12 Aravaipa Canyon 13 Fool's Treasure PART IV: People, Books, and Rivers 14 River Rats 15 Footrace in the Desert 16 Reviewing Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 17 Paul Horgan's Josiah Gregg 18 My Friend Debris 19 Floating Postscript
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