Desert Images an American Landscape Large Hardcover Book

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Desert Images an American Landscape Large Hardcover Book

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Desert images. An American Landscape by David Muench [Photos], EDWARD ABBEY [Text]. David Muench's large scale color photos of the American Southwest's desert beauties and natural wonders are accompanied by nature writing from the renowned author Edward Abbey. Desert Images combines David Muench's evocative photographs with Edward Abbey's eloquent text - pictorial and verbal images that are an unsurpassed tribute to this extraordinary American landscape. New York, NY: Gallery Books, 1987. First Edition, 2nd Printing An imprint of W.H Smith Publishers, original cloth with impressions titles on the cover and spine, with jacket, Very Large oversized heavy hardcover coffee table book. Size:17" x 11" x 1.5". Title DESERT IMAGES : An American Landscape Author Edward Abbey (Text); David Muench (Photography) Illustrator David Muench (Photographer) Format/Binding Hardcover Book Condition Used - Good Edition First Edition, 2nd Printing Binding Hardcover Publisher Gallery Books Place Of Publication New York, NY Date Published 1987 Keywords Prose Narrative/America Southwest/Desert/Natural History/Photographic Essay. Subjects: Photography, Artistic -Deserts - United States. Landscapes. About the author (1979) Edward Abbey was born January 29, 1927 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and grew up in nearby Home. After military service in Naples, Italy, from 1945-47, he enrolled in Indiana University of Pennsylvania for a year before traveling to the West. He fell in love with the desert Southwest and eventually attended the University of New Mexico, where he obtained both graduate and post-graduate degrees. Abbey was a Fulbright Fellow from 1951-52. Abbey was an anarchist and a radical environmentalist; these positions are reflected in his writings. His novel Fire on the Mountain won the Western Heritage Award for Best Novel in 1963. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, considered by many to be his best work, is nonfiction that reflects Abbey's love for the American Southwest and draws on his experiences as a park ranger. Among his best-known works are The Brave Cowboy (1956), The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975), and The Fool's Progress (1988). In 1966 The Brave Cowboy was made into a movie titled Lonely Are the Brave, starring Kirk Douglas. Two collections of essays have been published since his death in 1989: Confessions of a Barbarian in 1994 and The Serpents of Paradise the following year. In 1987, Abbey was offered the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, but he declined. Abbey died in March 1989, near Tucson, Arizona, from complications following surgery. He did not want a traditional burial but rather requested to be buried in the Arizona desert, where he could nourish the earth which had been the subject of so many of his works.

Dimensions:
Height: 17 in (43.18 cm)Width: 11 in (27.94 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
Style:
Expressionist (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1987
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
North Hollywood, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: CAD4221stDibs: LU906828461342