Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave

by Sean Prentiss

Book Overview

When the great environmental writer Edward Abbey died in 1989, four of his friends buried him secretly in a hidden desert spot that no one would ever find. The final resting place of the Thoreau of the American West remains unknown and has become part of American folklore. In this book a young writer who went looking for Abbey's grave combines an account of his quest with a creative biography of Abbey.

Sean Prentiss takes readers across the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826355919
• ISBN13: 9780826355911
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.0"