During this trip he fell in love with the desert country of the Four Corners region. He traveled by foot, bus, hitchhiking, and freight train hopping. Eight months before his 18th birthday, when he would be faced with being drafted into the United States military, Abbey decided to explore the American southwest. Ībbey graduated from high school in Indiana, Pennsylvania, in 1945. Paul was a socialist, anarchist, and atheist whose views strongly influenced Abbey. Mildred was a schoolteacher and a church organist, and gave Abbey an appreciation for classical music and literature. His best-known works include the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmental groups, and the non-fiction work Desert Solitaire.Ībbey was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania on Januto Mildred Postlewait and Paul Revere Abbey. Edward Paul Abbey (Janu– 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.
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