Ebook {Epub PDF} The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey

The Monkey Wrench Gang is the story of a group of eco-warriors who seek to prevent exploitation of the American wilderness, using sabotage. It had its moments: some were very funny and some made me, as a tourist to Lake Powell many years ago, feel very guilty/5(). Written by environmental advocate Edward Abbey in , The Monkey Wrench Gang tells the story of a motley crew of environmental activists fighting industrialization in the American Southwest. Abbey's most famous work of fiction, this novel inspired a generation of eco-activists. Opening in the so-called "aftermath" (1) of the novel, Abbey immediately situates the reader in media res, at the site of a newly .  · Edward Abbey spent most of his life in the American Southwest. He was the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the celebrated Desert Solitaire, which decried the waste of America’s wilderness, and the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, the title of which is still in use today to describe groups that purposefully sabotage projects and entities that degrade the environment/5(26).

Listen Free to Monkey Wrench Gang audiobook by Edward Abbey with a 30 Day Free Trial! Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet and iOS and Android devices. The Monkey Wrench Gang written by Edward Abbey in is one of his most noteworthy novels and deals with the issues relating to the use of sabotage tactics in protesting about environmental damages being inflicted in South West of America. The novel became very popular and created the idiom of monkey wrench in referring to the sabotage activities that damaged machines and led to violence in. Overview. Written by environmental advocate Edward Abbey in , The Monkey Wrench Gang tells the story of a motley crew of environmental activists fighting industrialization in the American Southwest. Abbey's most famous work of fiction, this novel inspired a generation of eco-activists.

The Monkey Wrench Gang is a novel written by American author Edward Abbey (–), published in Abbey's most famous work of fiction, the novel concerns the use of sabotage to protest environmentally damaging activities in the Southwestern United States, and was so influential that the term "monkeywrench" has come to mean, besides sabotage and damage to machines, any sabotage, activism, law-making, or law-breaking to preserve wilderness, wild spaces and ecosystems. Edward Abbey spent most of his life in the American Southwest. He was the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the celebrated Desert Solitaire, which decried the waste of America’s wilderness, and the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, the title of which is still in use today to describe groups that purposefully sabotage projects and entities that degrade the environment. The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey. First Edition, hardcover, pages, ISBN: Very rare, valuable First Edition. Pages clean, no library stamps, no annotations, no marks. Original dustjacket in excellent condition. An excellent collectible copy of this great work of literature by Edward Abbey.