The Fool’s Progress~Edward Abbey~1988~Stated True First Edition~First Printing~Very Good to Near Fine Condition~Free Shipping

The Fool’s Progress~Edward Abbey~1988~Stated True First Edition~First Printing~Very Good to Near Fine Condition~Free Shipping.

This first edition book has a tight binding and clean pages. It appears to be unread. Some minor dust cover wear. No markings or inscriptions.

This is the true first edition because of errors on the dust cover flaps. On the front flap, the word mist should have been myth. On the back flap the name Mickey should have been Becky, his daughter’s name. These were corrected in the later first edition copies.

“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. 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.

The Fool's Progress is a novel written by American author Edward Abbey (1927–1989), published in 1988.

The book is a semi-autobiographical novel about a man, Henry Holyoak Lightcap, who refuses to submit to modern commercial society. Unlike Abbey's most famous fiction work, The Monkey Wrench Gang, which concerns the use of sabotage to protest environmentally damaging activities in the American Southwest, The Fool's Progress focuses on the journey of Henry across America. Edward Abbey considered it to be his "fat masterpiece." It was the final book published in his lifetime.

One final paragraph of advice: [...] It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it's still here.
So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space.
Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.
— Edward Abbey” - From Wikipedia

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