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Down the River (1982)


CoverA collection of short stories mostly about floating rivers, with a philosophical twist of course.

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"Be of good cheer," our favorite war-horse advises, "the military-industrial state will soon collapse." This sparkling book, which takes us up and down rivers and across mountains and deserts, is the perfect antidote to despair. Along the way, Ed Abbey makes time for Henry David Thoreau while he takes a hard look at the Air Force's MX missile system, currently slated for the American West.

Ed writes: "For twenty-three years now I've been floating rivers. Always downstream, the easy and natural way. The way Huck Finn and Jim did it, La Salle and Marquette, the mountain men, and Major Powell..."

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Library of Congress Data

Abbey, Edward, 1927-
  Down the river / Edward Abbey ; with drawings by the author.  1st ed.  New
York : Dutton, c1982.  x, 242 p. ; 22 cm.

LC CALL NUMBER: PS3551.B2 D68 1982

SUBJECTS:
  Abbey, Edward, 1927- --Journeys.
  Authors, American--20th century--Journeys.
  Rivers.

DEWEY DEC:  814/.54 dc19

ISBN:  0525095241
       0525476768 (pbk.)
LCCN:  81-19429 r90

Abbey, Edward, 1927-
  Down the river / Edward Abbey ; with drawings by the author.  New York,
N.Y., U.S.A. : Plume, [1991]  x, 242 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

LC CALL NUMBER:  PS3551.B2 D68 1991 *NOT IN LC COLLECTION*

SUBJECTS:
  Abbey, Edward, 1927- --Journeys.
  Authors, American--20th century--Journeys.
  Rivers.

DEWEY DEC:  818/.5403  B dc20

NOTES:
  Reprint. Originally published: New York : Dutton, c1982.

ISBN:  0452265630 : $9.95 ($12.95 Can.)
GEOG. AREA CODE:  n-us---
LCCN:  90-7910 r91


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