Edward Abbey: Fire on the Mountain, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Fire on the Mountain
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- Verlag:
- HarperCollins, 10/2012
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780062193902
- Artikelnummer:
- 2470022
- Umfang:
- 208 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 162 g
- Maße:
- 203 x 134 mm
- Stärke:
- 17 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 9.10.2012
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Edward Abbey was a hero to environmentalists and rebels of every stripe. With Fire on the Mountain, this literary giant of the New West gave readers a powerful, moving, and enduring tale that gloriously celebrates the undying spirit of American individualism. This fiftieth anniversary edition, with an introduction by historian Douglas Brinkley, reminds readers of Abbey's powerful conviction that "a patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."
John Vogelin's land is his life---a barren stretch of New Mexican wilderness mercifully bypassed by civilization. Then the government moves in. And suddenly the elderly, mule-stubborn rancher is confronting the combined land-grabbing greed of the county sheriff, the Department of the Interior, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the U. S. Air Force. But a tough old man is like a mountain lion: if you back him into a corner, he'll come out fighting.
Biografie
Edward Abbey, geboren 1927 in Pennsylvania, verbrachte den Grossteil seines Lebens im Südwesten der Vereinigten Staaten. Dieser Gegend und ihrer kargen Landschaft widmete er sein literarisches Werk. Edward Abbey starb 1989.