The Monkey Wrench Gang Paperback - 2006
by Edward Abbey
Four irate rebels join forces to wage war on the stripminers, clear-cutters, and the highway and dam and bridge builders who are turning their natural habitat into a wasteland. A new Introduction by historian Brinkley puts this enduring cult classic in perspective by placing it at the forefront of an important historical movement.
First line
Dr. Sarvis with his bald mottled dome and savage visage, grim and noble as Sibelius, was out night-riding on a routine neighborhood beautification project, burning billboards along the highway-U.S. 66, later to be devoured by the superstate's interstate a
From the rear cover
Ex-Green Beret George Hayduke has returned from war to find his beloved southwestern desert threatened by industrial development. Joining with Bronx exile and feminist saboteur Bonnie Abzug, wilderness guide and outcast Mormon Seldom Seen Smith, and libertarian billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D., Hayduke is ready to fight the power--taking on the strip miners, clear-cutters, and the highway, dam, and bridge builders who are threatening the natural habitat. The Monkey Wrench Gang is on the move--and peaceful coexistence be damned!
Details
- Title The Monkey Wrench Gang
- Author Edward Abbey
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Date 2006-12-01
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780061129766 / 0061129763
- Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.01 x 5.36 x 1.19 in (20.35 x 13.61 x 3.02 cm)
- Reading level 860
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Humorous fiction, Southwestern States
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Entertainment Weekly, 09/04/2015, Page 45
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