‘Desert Cabal’ Praises and Challenges Ed Abbey’s Wilderness Legacy
Since publishing his iconic desert paean Desert Solitaire in 1968, Edward Abbey has been lionized in the wilderness community as a champion of wild places, eloquent curmudgeon, and pioneering monkey-wrencher. His potent influence continues to course through the modern conservation movement, inspiring activists with its signature surliness. And rightly so. But 50 years after that […]