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The Monkey Wrench Gang
Book • 2006
The Monkey Wrench Gang follows the adventures of four ecologically minded misfits: George Washington Hayduke III, a Vietnam veteran; Bonnie Abbzug, a feminist saboteur; Seldom Seen Smith, a wilderness guide and outcast Mormon; and Doc Sarvis, a wealthy and wise surgeon.
Together, they form a group dedicated to destroying the machinery and infrastructure of industrial development that threatens the natural beauty of the American West.
The novel is a mix of comedy, chaos, and civil disobedience, highlighting Abbey's concerns about wilderness preservation and the essential relationship between a healthy planet and healthy human beings.
Together, they form a group dedicated to destroying the machinery and infrastructure of industrial development that threatens the natural beauty of the American West.
The novel is a mix of comedy, chaos, and civil disobedience, highlighting Abbey's concerns about wilderness preservation and the essential relationship between a healthy planet and healthy human beings.
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Mentioned as a novel that significantly influenced the radical environmental movement.

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Revolutionary Mythology: The War for the Vision Space
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as a novel that environmental activism in the 90s can be traced back to.


Adam Biles

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after quoting Edward Abbey's "better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion."

Ed Gillespie

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as an example of an author who planned his own final resting place.

Forrest Burgess

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in the context of books about Arizona and Utah, specifically noting that it was not the book he found at the Grand Canyon.

Bryan Curtis

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Mentioned by Carl Hiaasen as a touchstone for Twilly Spree's actions in Fever Beach.

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as an author who lived in Tucson and whose environmental activism influenced the area.

Carl Casada

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as an author who lived in Tucson and whose work inspired direct action environmental activism.

Carl Casada

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as an author who lived in Tucson and wrote a lot of environmental activism.

Karl Kasarda

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