The Fool s Progress The Fool s Progress the fat masterpiece as Edward Abbey labeled it is his most important piece of writing it reveals the complete Ed Abbey from the green grass of his memory as a child in Appalachi

The Fool s Progress, the fat masterpiece as Edward Abbey labeled it, is his most important piece of writing it reveals the complete Ed Abbey, from the green grass of his memory as a child in Appalachia to his approaching death in Tuscon at age sixty two When his third wife abandons him in Tucson, boozing, misanthropic anarchist Henry Holyoak Lightcap shoots his refrigeThe Fool s Progress, the fat masterpiece as Edward Abbey labeled it, is his most important piece of writing it reveals the complete Ed Abbey, from the green grass of his memory as a child in Appalachia to his approaching death in Tuscon at age sixty two When his third wife abandons him in Tucson, boozing, misanthropic anarchist Henry Holyoak Lightcap shoots his refrigerator and sets off in a battered pick up truck for his ancestral home in West Virginia Accompanied only by his dying dog and his memories, the irascible warhorse a stand in for the real Abbey begins a bizarre cross country odyssey determined to make peace with his past and to wage one last war against the ravages of progress A profane, wildly funny, brash, overbearing, exquisite tour de force The Chicago Tribune
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Edward Paul Abbey 1927 1989 was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views.Abbey attended college in New Mexico and then worked as a park ranger and fire lookout for the National Park Service in the Southwest It was during this time that he developed the relationship with the area s environment that influenced his writing During his service, he was in close proximity to the ruins of ancient Native American cultures and saw the expansion and destruction of modern civilization His love for nature and extreme distrust of the industrial world influenced much of his work and helped garner a cult following.Abbey died on March 14, 1989, due to complications from surgery He was buried as he had requested in a sleeping bag no embalming fluid, no casket His body was secretly interred in an unmarked grave in southern Arizona.