Monkey Wrench Gang
Edward Abbey · 1988
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About the book
Ex-Green Beret George Hayduke returns from war to find his beloved southwestern desert threatened by industrial development. Joining with Bronx exile and feminist saboteur Bonnie Abzug, wilderness guide and outcast Mormon Seldom Seen Smith, and libertarian billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D., Hayduke is ready to fight the power. They (the Monkey Wrench Gang) take on the strip miners, clear-cutters, and the highway, dam, and bridge builders who are threatening the natural habitat in this is a comedic novel of destructive mayhem and outrageous civil disobedience.
First sentence: Dr. Sarvis with his bald mottled dome and savage visage, grim and noble as Sibelius, was out night-riding on a routine neighborhood beautification project, burning billboards along the highway-U.S. 66, later to be devoured by the superstate's interstate a
Book details
- Year
- 1988
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Editions
- 23
- Reader rating
- 3.5 / 5 (8)
- Pages
- 420
- ISBN
- 9780141187624
Data source: Wikidata
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