The cactus-spined font which serves as the title for this web site aptly
suits the prickly American author to whom it is dedicated.  Writing about
nature and the American West that he loved and cherished, Edward Abbey's
prose gave voice to the sublime or cantankerous subject. The best-known
works of this "twentieth-century polemicist and desert anarchist" include
_Desert Solitaire_ and _The Monkey Wrench Gang_. Christer Lindh edits this
site which serves as both an excellent introduction to the author's work
and a repository of quotes, links and bibliographies for more avid
Abbeyophiles.  Users can access Abbey quotes, order books, download a
spinning monkey wrench cursor, read related letters by Robert Redford and
Kirk Douglas, or order a commemorative refrigerator magnet. [DF]

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