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5 de jan. de 2010 · The monkey wrench gang by Abbey, Edward, 1927-1989. Publication date 1976 Topics Ecology, Environmentalists, Ecofiction, Environmental protection Publisher
The Monkey Wrench Gang je nejslavnější román amerického spisovatele Edwarda Abbeyho. Zápletka knihy vydané v roce 1975 se točí okolo čtyřčlenné skupiny, která je znepokojena poškozováním životního prostředí na americkém jihozápadě a různými způsoby se snaží sabotovat činnost stavebních či těžebních společností, které dle nich životní prostředí ničí.
3 de jul. de 2000 · Edward Abbey spent most of his life in the American Southwest. He was the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the celebrated Desert Solitaire, which decried the waste of America's wilderness, and the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, the title of which is still in use today to describe groups that purposefully sabotage projects and entities that degrade the environment.
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1 de ago. de 1975 · 26,727 ratings1,846 reviews. Ed Abbey called The Monkey Wrench Gang, his 1975 novel, a "comic extravaganza." Some readers have remarked that the book is more a comic book than a real novel, and it's true that reading this incendiary call to protect the American wilderness requires more than a little of the old willing suspension of disbelief.
Composition. "Monkey Wrench" is an up-tempo rock song, written in the key of B major in 4/4 time signature with a tempo of 174 bpm. It is performed with distorted guitars in Drop-D tuning. The song opens with a four bar phrase of a descending guitar line over a chordal riff of B5/F#5/E5 repeated twice. After a single bar of 3/4 time, the main ...
Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching is a book edited by Dave Foreman (and Bill Haywood in later editions), with a foreword by Edward Abbey .
Abbey’s novel The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975) recounts the exploits of a band of guerrilla environmentalists; both it and Desert Solitaire became handbooks of the environmental movement. The strain of cynicism that runs through much of Abbey’s writing is leavened by a bracing prose style and mischievous wit. His advice was unorthodox: “This ...
