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A book about Edward Abbey's life as a park ranger in the American Southwest in the 1950's.
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Contemplative, earnest, intimate and grave.
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Edward Abbey
- First published
- 1968
- Pages
- 271
- Publisher
- Ballantine, Tx Bookman Remainders, McGraw-Hill
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780345326492
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First sentence
“This is the most beautiful place on earth.”
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