Edward Abbey: References & Edit History
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Biographies include James Bishop, Jr., Epitaph for a Desert Anarchist: The Life and Legacy of Edward Abbey (1994); James M. Cahalan, Edward Abbey: A Life (2001); and Jack Loeffler, Adventures with Ed: A Portrait of Abbey (2002), an intimate biographical memoir by one of Abbey’s closest friends. James R. Hepworth and Gregory McNamee (eds.), Resist Much, Obey Little: Remembering Ed Abbey (1996), contains personal remembrances by friends and fellow writers. Two critical studies of Edward Abbey are Garth McCann, Edward Abbey (1977); and Peter Quigley, Coyote in the Maze: Tracking Edward Abbey in a World of Words (1998).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 10, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 25, 2026 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Jan 26, 2024 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of Edward Abbey. | Jun 06, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of Edward Abbey. | Dec 18, 2014 | ||
| Changed place of birth to Indiana, Pennsylvania. | Sep 26, 2013 | ||
| Changed his death location from "Oracle, Arizona" to "near Tucson, Arizona." | Dec 10, 2012 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 24, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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