This is from "Desert Solitaire" (University of Arizona).

It's called Desert Solitaire and there's a picture on the cover of those weird bloodred rock formations you see on Utah license plates.

We wouldn't exactly be following in the footsteps of Edward Abbey, the great Desert Solitaire, but dogging greatness is thankless work anyway.

For the album dedicated to Edward Abbey see Desert Solitaire (album).

One of the dominant themes in Desert Solitaire is his disgust with mainstream culture and its effect on society.

When Abbey wrote Desert Solitaire he had a distinct relation to the wilderness and demonstrated its effects on the world population.

Abbey explores our strong connection to nature in Desert Solitaire, and he urges everyone to take something from his story to try to make the connection for themselves.

After Desert Solitaire became a bestseller, he wrote several books of nature essays.

Mr. Loeffler was reading "Desert Solitaire" in 1969, while working alone as a fire lookout in northwestern New Mexico, when tears came to his eyes.

Abbey's book "Desert Solitaire" was based on two seasons spent near Moab, but now the title seems oxymoronic.