Biografie

29. Januar 1927 · Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

14. März 1989 · Tucson, Arizona, USA (Komplikationen nach einer Operation)

Einsam sind die Tapferen (1962) is from his novel "The Brave Cowboy". Try out "Desert Solitaire" and "The Monkey Wrench Gang". Inspiration for the non-violent (to humans) direct-action environmental movement. Funny, opinionated, romantic, anti-authoritarian, died too young. A defender of the American West. Kirk Douglas calls Einsam sind die Tapferen (1962) his favorite of all his films.

He was buried -- completely illegally, but in accordance with his expressed wishes -- at an unknown location in the Cabeza Prieta Desert, with no coffin, with a sleeping bag for a shroud, and with a funeral libation of whiskey poured over his body. His grave marker reads, "EDWARD PAUL ABBEY, 1927-1989. No Comment.". The location of his grave remains undisclosed.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 1-3.

Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

Society is like a stew. If you don't keep it stirred up, you get a lot of scum on top.

When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.

I'd rather kill a man than a snake. Not because I love snakes or hate men. It is a question, rather, of proportion.

God bless America. Let's save some of it.