Edward Abbey information

Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 – March 14, 1989) was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of...

foundations from this period on the abbey site. Between 1042 and 1052, Edward the Confessor began rebuilding Saint Peter's Abbey to provide himself with a royal...

particularly Robert, abbot of the Norman abbey of Jumièges, who later became Edward's Archbishop of Canterbury. Edward was said to have developed an intense...

Season in the Wilderness is an autobiographical work by American writer Edward Abbey, originally published in 1968. It is his fourth book and his first book-length...

Westminster Abbey. King Edward I of England seized the Stone of Scone, the traditional coronation seat of the Scottish kings, from Scone Abbey in Perthshire...

Wrench Gang is a novel written by American author Edward Abbey (1927–1989), published in 1975. Abbey's most famous work of fiction, the novel concerns the...

Tintern Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Tyndyrn pronunciation) was founded on 9 May 1131 by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow. It is situated adjacent to the village...

the abbey that the writer William Morris called it a "National Valhalla". Henry III rebuilt Westminster Abbey in honour of the Royal Saint Edward the...

with a foreword by Edward Abbey. Much of the inspiration for the book, as well as the term "monkeywrenching", came from Edward Abbey's 1975 novel The Monkey...

Brave is a 1962 American black and white Western film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel The Brave Cowboy directed by David Miller from a screenplay by...

of London). The abbey's origins date from between the 7th and 10th centuries, but it rose to national prominence when rebuilt by Edward the Confessor in...

Mountain (Abbey novel), a 1962 novel by Edward Abbey Fire on the Mountain (1981 film), a 1981 television movie adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel Fire...

often compare Dillard to authors from the Transcendentalist movement; Edward Abbey in particular deemed her Thoreau's "true heir". Pilgrim at Tinker Creek...

possibilities. Edward was born on 2 November 1470 at Cheyneygates, the medieval house of the Abbot of Westminster, adjoining Westminster Abbey. His mother...

The Brave Cowboy (1956) was Edward Abbey's second published novel. In 1993 Dream Garden Press produced a special limited edition of the book that includes...

of Edward's legitimacy as "opportunist special pleading" by Æthelwold. A genealogy created at Dunstan's Glastonbury Abbey around 969 gives Edward precedence...

national park quarters, with more than 465 million minted. American writer Edward Abbey was a park ranger at Arches National Monument in 1956 and 1957, where...

Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. It first aired...

The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani is a Catholic monastery in the United States near Bardstown, Kentucky, in Nelson County. The abbey is part of the Order...

used by union strikers to describe poor white strikebreakers. Writers Edward Abbey and Dave Foreman also use "redneck" as a political call to mobilize poor...

the model for the well-known character George Washington Hayduke in Edward Abbey's novel The Monkey Wrench Gang. Doug is the co-founder of several conservation...

Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studios) is a music recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, Greater London, England...

eco-terrorism occurred a number of years before the concept was popularized by Edward Abbey, Dave Foreman, and other environmentalists. In the years following Manson's...