num_pages: 98
description: Ed Abbeys Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness turns fifty this fall and its iconic author who has inspired generations of rebel-rousing advocacy on behalf of the American West is due for a tribute as well as a talking to. In Desert Cabal: A New Season in the Wilderness Amy Irvine admires the man who influenced her life and work while challenging all that is datedoffensive evenbetween the covers of Abbeys environmental classic. Irvine names and questions the lone male narrativewhite and privileged as it isthat still has its boots planted firmly at the center of todays wilderness movement even as she celebrates the lens through which Abbey taught so many to love the wild remains of the nation. From Abbeys quiet notion of solitude to Irvines roaring cabal the desert just got hotter and its defenders more nuanced and numerous.
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title: Desert Cabal: A New Season in the Wilderness
publisher: Torrey House Press