edward abbey

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Definition of edward abbey in English English dictionary

born Jan. 29, 1927, Home, Pa., U.S. died March 14, 1989, Oracle, Ariz. U.S. writer and environmentalist. Abbey worked as a park ranger and fire lookout for the National Park Service. He wrote a number of volumes on consumer culture's encroachment on the American wilderness. Desert Solitaire (1968), one of his best-known, is set in southeastern Utah. His 1975 novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, describing the exploits of a band of guerrilla environmentalists, inspired numerous real-life activists

Hyphenation

Ed·ward Ab·bey

Turkish pronunciation

edwırd äbi

Pronunciation

/ˈedwərd ˈabē/ /ˈɛdwɜrd ˈæbiː/