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Edward Abbey, gone 35 years now.
brianlux
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Perhaps not everyone here knows of or is a fan of writer Edward Abbey,
but with his monkey-wrench tattoo, I'm guessing Eddie Vedder is, so I thought this would be appropriate to post here on these forums.
Abbey was a fine writer, and also a complex, often enigmatic, sometimes contradictory, and always fascinating human being. If you know his work, you may greatly admire much of it, and you will very likely disagree with some of what he said. That is is a true of all of the people who knew him (I have heard that first hand). His greatest attributes included his eagerness to be a social critic, and his efforts as a defender of wilderness.
Abbey was a fine writer, and also a complex, often enigmatic, sometimes contradictory, and always fascinating human being. If you know his work, you may greatly admire much of it, and you will very likely disagree with some of what he said. That is is a true of all of the people who knew him (I have heard that first hand). His greatest attributes included his eagerness to be a social critic, and his efforts as a defender of wilderness.
I was reminded of the anniversary of Abbey's death on this day in 1989 by a post from bookseller extraordinaire Ken Sanders in an FB post of his today that states:
From the Archives
"I was in Hong Kong printing the Edward Abbey Western Wilderness Calendar and was the only person on the entire island to mourn his passing. The telegram I received informing me of his death was dated March 15, the Ides of March.
In May of 1989, Terry Tempest Williams, Jim Stiles and myself organized a public wake of Cactus Ed - Just north of Arches National Park. Over 1,000 people came, walked over a mile in the hot, stinking desert...including Barry Lopez, Wendell Berry, Ann Zwinger, Ken Sleight, Doug Peacock, Dave Foreman, and so many more. Ed Abbey would be 98 years old this year." - Ken
R.I.P. Edward Abbey, January 29, 1927 – March 14, 1989
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
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Did score a couple sweet guitar picks.
Thx again for the reminder about EA