'My People'
Edward Abbey's Appalachian Roots in Indiana County, Pennsylvania
by James M. Cahalan

Credits

This article was originally published in Pittsburgh History, Fall 1996 (vol. 79, no. 3: 92-107) and Winter 1996/97 (vol. 79, no. 4: 160-78), and appears here with the kind permission of its editor, Paul Roberts. To receive those two issues of the magazine (including Abbey cover photos and numerous other photos, maps and articles), send $13 to Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (attention Darlene Vargo), 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 454-6405. You can print out this form and fill in the details.

This article is copyright © 1996 by Pittsburgh History and James M. Cahalan.

The adaptation of this article to the WWW is copyright © 1997 by Christer Lindh.

All photographs and maps are protected by copyright and deserve credit as follows:

• Briar Patch drawing; by Edward Abbey, from the cover page of the manuscript of The Fool's Progress in Special Collections at the University of Arizona, with the kind permission of Clarke Cartwright Abbey.
• Historical Marker; by James M. Cahalan.
• Indiana County map, Downtown Indiana map; generated by Michael Burkett and Robert Sechrist, corrected and copyrighted by James M. Cahalan and Christer Lindh.
• Abbey with parents by truck; by Dick Kirkpatrick
• Ed and Home sign; by Dick Kirkpatrick, courtesy of Kirkpatrick and Eric Temple, Canyon Productions.
• Young Ed, 1960s Ed, Young Paul, Family dinner; courtesy of Howard and Ida Abbey.
• Houses 1-4, Railroad tracks, Banner, Abbey with parents at IUP, 1983, Ed with book, Crooked Creek, Ed with professors, Ed with parents at IUP, 1976, Red-dog road; by Jim Wakefield.
• Burnt-out Briar Patch house; courtesy of Cathy Bressler.
• Abbey's Web logo, White Rim, Canyonlands; by Christer Lindh.
• Quebec Run; by Paul Roberts, Editor.
• Indiana Theatre, Leonard Hall, Courthouse; courtesy of John Busovicki.