In the summer of 1944, the year before the year I fell in love, I hitchhiked from Pennsylvania to Seattle by way of Chicago and Yellowstone National Park: from Seattle down the coast to San Francisco; and from there by way of Barstow and Needles via boxcar, thumb, and bus through the Southwest back home to the old farm, three months later.
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A collection of essays on the American West covers such issues as urban growth, the gentrification of the small-town West, and wilderness preservation.
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April 28, 1977
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Plume
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Description and travel, Intellectual life, American Authors, Homes and haunts, Wilderness areas, Authors, American, Biography, West (u.s.)People
Edward Abbey (1927-)Places
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The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West
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The journey home: some words in defense of the American West
1977, Dutton
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