America's First Dr. No Oct 30, 2009
From the anti-internationalism of J. Bracken Lee to the eco-anarchism of Edward Abbey and every point in-between, nary an obscurity or eccentricity of our political (or cultural) landscape has been overlooked by the self-professed placeist Kauffman, patriot son of Batavia, New York. In his latest work, Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet, Kauffman stays true to form while tackling his biggest beast yet. (The American Conservative)
Five Alternatives to Mark Levin Sep 17, 2009
published last year by Chilton Williamson Jr., a former literary editor for National Review and current books editor of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, presents short essays on fifty books of prime importance to conservatives, including the five above and such surprising (but worthy) selections as works by Edmund Wilson and the environmentalist Edward Abbey. Filed under. (The American Conservative)
Literary Westerner Aug 26, 2009
And if the Western is a ghetto, it is a remarkably rich ghetto populated by the likes of Edward Abbey (The Brave Cowboy), Jack Schaefer (Shane), Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove), and other novelists whose mortal sin, it seems, is setting their tales in open spaces rather than in the confines of the faculty lounge or city tenement. Elmer Kelton has an utter mastery of his subject; a distinctive, even arresting, point of view; and a narrative talent honed by writing for the Western pulps. (The American Conservative)
Boaters flock to Lake Powell in summer. Aug 7, 2009
"Surely no man-made structure in modern American history has been hated so much by so many for so long with such good reason as Glen Canyon Dam," writer Edward Abbey said years later. The blue water of Lake Powell made a colorful contrast to the red rock, and the reservoir became a family vacation spot, a place for houseboats, speedboats, anglers, water-skiers. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Why Bill Kauffman Is Not a Conservative Jun 16, 2009
In Edward Abbey s after-the-collapse novel Good News, Sam the Shaman tells the valiant anarchist cowboy Jack Burns, There s one thing wrong with always fighting for freedom, and justice, and decency, and so forth. Only one thing. (The American Conservative)
Rockefeller preserve has natural appeal May 17, 2009
A resource room with oversized, Craftsman-style leather chairs contains tomes from leading nature writers such as Rachel Carson, Edward Abbey, and Henry David Thoreau. Although the center is open from May through October, the preserve's eight miles of hiking trails are accessible year-round. (Boston Globe)
