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Title: Down the River by Edward Abbey ISBN: 0-452-26563-0 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: January, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An addventurs book that you will love!
Comment: Many things I liked about this book was that it had alot of addventure and excitment. The characters always have exciting attitude's. Jessice is the main character she is 15 and only has a dad. She gets along with all group members once she gets to meet them.
One of the things I didn't like about this book was that they really didn't tell about their home lives much. like why pug was sent to this camp.
P.S. For the most part I thought that this book was extoridanory.
Rating: 5
Summary: drifting along Ed's river
Comment: As a longtime Abbey fan, down the river is as powerful and exciting as any. The stories capture the imagination, and are filled with flowing, humorous, forceful prose. a gem to read!
Rating: 5
Summary: A rebel with a cause
Comment: After "Desert Solitaire" this is my favorite Edward Abbey book. The essay on rafting the Glen Canyon before the dam was built is sublime and makes you ponder the true value of wilderness to the soul-- a value which can't be tabulated because it is immeasurable.
Abbey's a rebel, defending the West from the industrialists and profiteers. He makes no apologies for being passionate about his cause, and why should he. His passion may not be "fashionable," but Abbey is a true American original, and the kind of person we need more of. His writing is edgy, beautiful, makes you want to grab a raft and head down the Colorado. Nature is where he finds himself-- as harsh and uncompromising as it is, it's real.
I also love Abbey's sense of humor. I wonder if he ever met Hunter Thompson-- that would have been a great conversation. One of the funniest essays I've ever read is in this book: "The Legend of Josiah Gregg." Watching Abbey debunk a book about the life of this supposed great frontiersman had me on the floor. Probably the funniest part was Abbey's interpretation of his memoirs: the way thunderstorms appeared over his head bellowing at him in a purposeful way, the way his campfire got out of control and he fled from it across the plains. His assessment of the Great Plains as a "barren wasteland devoid of life." In Abbey's eyes, Gregg is the Inspector Clouseau of the frontier.
All in all, a great read. Spending time with Abbey is a pleasure.
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Title: The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West by Edward Abbey, Jim Stiles ISBN: 0452265622 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: January, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey ISBN: 0345326490 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 January, 1985 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey, Douglas Brinkley ISBN: 0060956445 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Beyond the Wall : Essays from the Outside by Edward Abbey ISBN: 0805008209 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 April, 1984 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) : Notes from a Secret Journal by Edward Abbey, Andrew Rush ISBN: 0312064888 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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