{"product_id":"down-the-river-plume-9780452265639","title":"Down the River Plume","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDown the River \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of essays both timeless and timely. It is an exploration of the abiding beauty of some of the last great stretches of American wilderness on voyages down rivers where the body and mind float free, and the grandeur of nature gives rise to meditations on everything from the life of Henry David Thoreau to the militarization of the open range. At the same time, it is an impassioned condemnation of what is being done to our natural heritage in the name of progress, profit, and security. Filled with fiery dawns, wild and shining rivers, and radiant sandstone canyons, it is charged as well with heartfelt, rampageous rage at human greed, blindness, and folly. It is, in short, Edward Abbey at his best, where and when we need him most.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Abbey’s unique prose voice… is the voice of a full-blooded man airing his passions… alternately misanthropic and sentimental, enraged and hilarious.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The man, quite simply, is a master.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A record as important and lovely as Muir’s or Thoreau’s.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “One of our foremost Western essayists and novelists. A militant conservationist, he has attracted a large following—not only within the ranks of Sierra Club enthusiasts and backpackers, but also among armchair appreciators of good writing. What always made his work doubly interesting is the sense of a true maverick spirit at large—a kind of spirit not imitable, limited only to the highest class of literary outlaws.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Abbey is a gadfly with a stinger like a scorpion.”—\u003cb\u003eWallace Stegner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “In his own inimitable fashion, Abbey prevails among the scant handful of our best and brightest fresh-air scribes.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreliminary Notes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I: Thoreau and Other Friends\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Down the River with Henry Thoreau\u003cbr\u003e2 Watching the Birds: The Windhover\u003cbr\u003e3 Meeting the Bear\u003cbr\u003e4 Planting a Tree\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II: Politicks and Rivers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 Notes from a Cold River\u003cbr\u003e6 MX\u003cbr\u003e7 Of Protest\u003cbr\u003e8 Thus I Reply to Rene Dubos\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III: Places and Rivers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9 Running the San Juan\u003cbr\u003e10 In the Canyon\u003cbr\u003e11 Down There in Sonora\u003cbr\u003e12 Aravaipa Canyon\u003cbr\u003e13 Fool's Treasure\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV: People, Books, and Rivers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14 River Rats\u003cbr\u003e15 Footrace in the Desert\u003cbr\u003e16 Reviewing \u003ci\u003eZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17 Paul Horgan's \u003ci\u003eJosiah Gregg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18 My Friend Debris\u003cbr\u003e19 Floating\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePostscript\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525346533719,"sku":"9780452265639","price":14.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780452265639.jpg?v=1731860167","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/down-the-river-plume-9780452265639","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}