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.
- ISBN10 0525483187
- ISBN13 9780525483182
- Publish Date 28 April 1982
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 2 October 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Plume Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English