Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 – March 14, 1989) was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views.

Jan 25, 2025 · Edward Abbey (born January 29, 1927, Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died March 14, 1989, near Tucson [now in Tucson], Arizona) was an American writer whose works, set primarily in the southwestern United States, reflect an …

Jul 7, 2016 · What can we still learn from Edward Abbey, 25 years after his death? A trio of new books take a look at Abbey’s mixed legacy on environment, gender and immigration. by Andrea Clark Mason July 7...

Edward Paul Abbey (1927–1989) was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views. Abbey attended college in New Mexico and then worked as a park ranger and fire lookout for the National Park Service in the Southwest.

The controversial writings on the American West by American essayist and novelist Edward Abbey (1927–1989) exerted a strong influence on the development of the modern environmental movement in both its mainstream and radical forms.

Edward Abbey, (born Jan. 29, 1927, Indiana, Pa., U.S.—died March 14, 1989, near Tucson, Ariz.), U.S. writer and environmentalist. Abbey worked as a park ranger and fire lookout for the National Park Service. He wrote a number of volumes on consumer culture’s encroachment on the American wilderness.

Born in 1927, Edward Abbey became a writer who crusaded for the environment and its preservation. He grew up in Pennsylvania and later focused his life and writing on the American West.