Book description
This book is different from any other Edward Abbey book. It includes essays, travel pieces and fictions to reveal Ed's life directly, in his own words.
The selections gathered here are arranged chronologically by incident, not by date of publication, to offer Edward Abbey's life from the time he was…
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1 author picked The Serpents of Paradise as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Edward Abbey is among my favorite writers. The Serpents of Paradise represents an editorial masterpiece by John MacRae that is clearly different from any other book by Abbey.
An editorial masterpiece, it includes essays, travel pieces, and extracts from Abbey’s fiction and non-fiction books. Although I read this book when it was first published more than 25 years ago, it was worth re-reading. In this book, MacRae arranges incidents in Abbey’s life chronologically, rather than by date of publication.
A short note introduces each of the four parts of the book to explain the lifelong journey of Cactus Ed from…
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