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Postcards from Ed : Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast, Hardback Book

Postcards from Ed : Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast Hardback

Edited by David Petersen

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“But hell, I do like to write letters. Much easier than writing books.”And write letters Edward Abbey—“the Thoreau of the American West” (Washington Post)—did.

At once incendiary and insightful, cantankerous and profoundly perceptive, Abbey was a singular American writer and cult hero, as famous for books like Desert Solitaire and The Monkey Wrench Gang as he was infamous for the 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 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.

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