Postcards from Ed
Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
Edward Abbey and David Peterson
From the author of The Monkeywrench Gang and Desert Solitaire, “Cactus” Ed Abbey’s Correspondence, now in paperback.
At
once incendiary and insightful, cantankerous and profoundly perceptive,
Edward Abbey (1927-1989) was a singular American writer and cult hero,
as famous for books as he was for the prickly persona of “Cactus Ed.” A
true iconoclast with a rich sense of humor, his polemics and
salvos—Wallace Stegner once likened Abbey to the “stinger of a
scorpion”—were not limited to any one arena.
Abbey’s postcards and letters, legendary during his lifetime, convey
the fullness of the man and reveal, along with his wisdom and savage
wit, a tender personal side seldom seen before. For readers new to
Abbey, this collection is an awe-inspiring introduction to the man and
his works. And for devoted fans, the letters chronicle his evolution as
an authentic American voice in the wilderness.
Author's Bio:Editor David Petersen gathered and selected the correspondence in Postcards from Ed. He is the author of nine books, including On the Wild Edge: In Search of a Natural Life, and the editor of four more, including Confessions of a Barbarian: Selections from the Journals of Edward Abbey. He lives in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.
Edward
Abbey was born in 1927. In the late 1950's he worked for a summer as a
seasonal ranger at Arches National Monument. The journals that he kept
that summer would eventually become one of his most famous works of
nonfiction, Desert Solitaire. Abbey was also known for his fiction, most notably The Monkeywrench Gang,
in which a group of friends commits acts of sabotage against industrial
development projects. Abbey died in 1989, and was buried by friends at
a hidden location in the red rock wilderness of the Southwest. Quotes:“Postcards from Ed is insanely readable, hilarious, and irritating, and will occasionally raise a rash. “ —Luis Alberto Urrea,
“An essential addition to American literature.” —Booklist (STARRED)
“[T]his is a book of thorns. As a correspondent, Edward Abbey was
impulsive, unsparing, irascible, epigrammatic and, by turns,
wonderfully long-winded or gruffly economical.” —New York Times Review of Books
“The vibrant and audacious letters collected here confirm what his
readers have long known. Even in the comfort of his eternal desert
solitaire, Abbey remains a true American Cassandra. And at a time when
there are not enough of them, his wound-up, barb-edged, coyote-howl
signal is worth tuning into.” —Kansas City Star, “Best Books of 2006”
“Postcards from Ed is what Ed Abbey was, a volatile mix of
dead-pan comedy and dead serious, dead-on truth. It is a life-long
letter from a man of character.” —Inside/Outside Southwest
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Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 2007
Size: 5.5 x 8
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9781571312853
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