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Journey Home  Some words in defense of the American West 
Edward Abbey ; Illustrated by Jim Stiles 
 - New York  E. P. Dutton  1977 
 - 242 p. 
<br/><br/>	Introduction -- Hallelujah on the bum -- The great American desert -- Disorder and early sorrow -- Fire lookout: Numa Ridge -- Snow canyon -- Desert places -- Death Valley -- Come on in -- Manhattan twilight, Hoboken night -- God's plan for the state of Utah: a revelation -- The great Globe Arizona wild pig and varmint hunt -- Telluride blues: a hatchet job -- Let us now praise mountain lions -- Return to Yosemite: tree fuzz vs. freaks -- The BLOB comes to Arizona -- The second rape of the West -- Down the river with Major Powell -- Walking -- The crooked wood -- Mountain music -- Shaodws from the big woods -- Freedom and wilderness, wilderness and freedom -- Dust: a movie. 
<br/><br/> A collection of essays on the American West covers such issues as urban growth, the gentrification of the small-town West, and wilderness preservation. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>052513753x 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Abbey, Edward 1927-  Biography 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Description and travel United States --1940-1960<br/>Authors, American--20th Century--Biography
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813.54 Abb   14