The Monkey Wrench Gang
Abbey, Edward
From Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since November 27, 1998
Quantity: 1From Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since November 27, 1998
Quantity: 1About this Item
8vo. Stated First Edition. 352 pp. Quarter bound in red cloth,black boards. Silver titling on spine and silver "monkey wrench" symbol on front board. End-papers are a map. Some scratch marks on the boards. The pictorial DJ is complete and shows the price, but there are two large tears on the front panel which have been repaired with tape on the reverse. The DJ is now in a mylar wrapper. Seller Inventory # ABE-1370789542
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Monkey Wrench Gang
Publisher: Philadelphia/New york: J. B. Lippincott
Publication Date: 1975
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
Edward Abbey called The Monkey Wrench Gang a "comic extravaganza," which it is, although one with a clear, serious message: to protect the American wilderness from the forces of commercial enterprise. The story centers on George Hayduke, an ex-Green Beret and Vietnam vet, who returns to the Southwestern desert after the war to find his beloved canyons and rivers threatened by industrial development. On a whitewater rafting trip down the Colorado River, Hayduke joins forces with three others who share his indignation and want to do something about it: feminist saboteur and Bronx exile Bonnie Abzug, wilderness guide and outcast Mormon Seldom Seen Smith, and libertarian billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D. Together they venture off to become eco-raiders, waging war on the strip miners, clear-cutters, and the highway, dam, and bridge builders who are turning their natural habitat into a wasteland. The misadventures of this motley group make for an uproarious blend of chaos, conflict, and comedy.
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