{"product_id":"desert-solitaire","title":"Desert Solitaire","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height:280px\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHailed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eas “a passionately felt, deeply poetic book,” the moving autobiographical work of Edward Abbey, considered the Thoreau of the American West, and his passion for the southwestern wilderness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDesert Solitaire \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a collection of vignettes about life in the wilderness and the nature of the desert itself by park ranger and conservationist, Edward Abbey. The book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edetails the unique adventures and conflicts the author faces, from dealing with the damage caused by development of the land or excessive tourism, to discovering a dead body. However \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDesert Solitaire \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis not just a collection of one man’s stories, the book is also a philosophical memoir, full of Abbey’s reflections on the desert as a paradox, at once beautiful and liberating, but also isolating and cruel. Often compared to Thoreau’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWalden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDesert Solitaire \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a powerful discussion of life’s mysteries set against the stirring backdrop of the American southwestern wilderness.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 0; display: none;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Touchstone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120090059037,"sku":"9780671695880","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780671695880.jpg?v=1751398237","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/desert-solitaire","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}