“For the Abbey or Southwestern literary completest . . . a collection of writings about Abbey that makes for a great additional reader.”—Arizona Daily Sun
“Respected environmental scholar John Murray gathers a diverse cast of contributors to reflect on the enduring influence of Edward Abbey. . . . This well-conceived book will find an audience among those studying the American West and its literary culture. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice
“(Edward Abbey’s) creative spirit lives on, as this collection of essays clearly demonstrates.”—Scene4
“Ed was my friend, and I never picked friends because they agreed with me or were useful to me. For me, friendship, like love, lacks a motive. And often, there are rough edges, just as the ground that matters most to me can rake me with bad storms. . . . Since he died, there has been a hole in my life, and this hole has surprised because I think I have been around more than my share of dying and killing and did not expect his death to be more than a passing pain for me. . . . People sometimes look me up and want to interview me about Ed. They always had two questions it seems. Where do we find the next Ed Abbey? And what should we do now that he is dead and can’t tell us what to do? I always tell them the same thing: we don’t need a new Ed Abbey, the old one is pretty damned serviceable.”—Charles Bowden, “On the Edge with Edward Abbey, Charles Ives, and the Outlaws,” in Abbey in America
