“If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.”

—  Edward Abbey

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

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American author and essayist 1927–1989

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“The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders.”

Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist

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The Journey Home (1977)

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