With Going down the river we find Edward Abbey poet and provocateur at his best, when we need him most.
An exploration of the last great American wilderness, this collection of fiery dawns, sparkling rivers, and radiant canyons invites meditation. But the incomparable beauty of the Wild West cannot obscure its fragility. Following in the footsteps of Henry David Thoreau, Abbey passionately denounces the blows dealt to our natural heritage in the name of progress, profit, or security, and rails against human greed.