When he wrote The Monkey Wrench Gang in 1975, Edward Abbey became the spokesperson for a generation of Americans angered by the unthinking destruction of our natural heritage. Without consultation, Abbey based the central character of eco-guerilla George Washington Hayduke on his friend Doug Peacock. Since then Peacock has become an articulate environmental individualist writing about the West's abundant wildscapes. Abbey and Peacock had an at times stormy, almost father and son relationship that was peacefully resolved in Abbey's last days before his death in 1989. This rich recollection of their relationship and the dry places they explored are recalled in Peacock's honest and heartfelt style in this poignant memoir.
- ISBN10 0910055998
- ISBN13 9780910055994
- Publish Date 7 September 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Washington Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English