The Red Caddy: Into the Unknown with Edward Abbey

by Charles Bowden

Luis Alberto Urrea (Foreword)

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A passionate advocate for preserving wilderness and fighting the bureaucratic and business forces that would destroy it, Edward Abbey (1927–1989) wrote fierce, polemical books such as Desert Solitaire and The Monkey Wrench Gang that continue to inspire environmental activists. In this eloquent memoir, his friend and fellow desert rat Charles Bowden reflects on Abbey the man and the writer, offering up thought-provoking, contrarian views of the writing life, literary reputations, and the perverse need of critics to sum up “what he really meant and whether any of it was truly up to snuff.”

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  • ISBN10 1477322337
  • ISBN13 9781477322338
  • Publish Date 8 September 2020 (first published 25 April 2018)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Texas Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 120
  • Language English