A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal
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ISBN: 0312064888 / Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, August 1989
For the first time in softcover, Edward Abbey's last book, a collection of unforgettable barbs of wi...
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For the first time in softcover, Edward Abbey's last book, a collection of unforgettable barbs of wisdom from the best-selling author of The Monkey Wrench Gang.Notes from a Secret JournalEdward Abbey on:Government-"Terrorism: deadly violence against humans and other living things, usually conducted by a government against its own people."Sex-"How to Avoid Pleurisy: Never make love to a girl named Candy on the tailgate of a half-ton Ford pickup during a chill rain in April out of Grandview Point in San Juan County, Utah."New York City-"New Yorkers like to boast that if you can survive in New York, you can survive anywhere. But if you can survive anywhere, why live in New York?"Literature-"Henry James. Our finest lady novelist."
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