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

Synopsis

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. Beginning A Journey -- Searching Home -- The Abbey Family Grave -- Headed North -- The Unknown, The Unknowable, The Mystery -- The Movement West -- This Is Home -- Talking Politics With Jack Loeffler -- The Valley Of Shining Stone -- Talking Passion With David Petersen -- The Solving Of The Everett Ruess Mystery -- Brightest New Mexico -- Reexamining Everett Ruess -- Being Industrial Tourists In Arches National Park -- Pack Creek Ranch -- Talking Eco-sabotage With Ken Seldom Seen Sleight -- Where The Sun Lingers Longest -- A Midday Beer At Woody's Famous Tavern -- Hard Times In Hoboken Town -- Ca Finger On A Map, Pointing -- Tucson And Abbey's Last Stand -- Ajo Bound -- In The Desert With Doug Peacock -- An Unnamed Desert -- Sand And Dust And Heat And Emptiness -- Cabbey Country -- The Blank Spot On The Map -- Anywhere. Here. -- The Journey Home -- Sean Prentiss. Includes Bibliographical References.