Edward Abbey - Desert Solitaire - Paul Shay Audiobook

Edward Abbey - Desert Solitaire - Paul Shay

[andrewmalone]

Author's Introduction 5:08
The First Morning 13:06
Solitaire 28:58
The Serpents of Paradise 45:10
Cliffrose and Bayonets 1:02:53
Polemic: Industrial Tourism and The National Parks 1:50:23
Rocks 2:44:45
Cowboys and Indians 3:39:52
Cowboys and Indians: Part II 4:13:21
Water 4:57:36
The Heat of Noon: Rock and Tree and Cloud 5:37:11
The Moon-Eyed Horse 5:57:17
Down the River 6:29:08
Havasu 8:27:44
The Dead Man at Grandview Point 8:52:40
Tukuhnikivats, the Island in the Desert 9:18:05
Episodes and Visions 9:54:22
Terra Incognita: Into the Maze 10:41:26
Bedrock and Paradox 11:15:07

If you listen to nothing else, Down the River is some of my favorite nature writing of all time.

[Pachelbel_PaperDarts]

Thank you so much for this unabridged version read by Paul Shay. In 1989, a reviewer wrote in the newspaper Chicago Tribune: "Paul Shay, who has a voice as serene as a sunset over the desert."

[michigandersea]

Actual Author's words (Author's Introduction) starts at 5:10, if you want to get past the rules for renting the audiobook tape (lol) and book reviews

[marknelson]

I read Desert Solitaire in High School decades ago.
Reread several times since then and yesterday finally able to explore Arches live.
Now enjoying this audio book tremendously. Thank you.

[lana]

Oh thank goodness for you, sir! Seriously. Thank you for uploading this.

[christinash]

Thank you so much for posting this. I want to read this as a companion to some of my current classes, but the idea of reading it on top of those readings is unrealistic at best. So listening to it as an audiobook is a pleasant alternative.

[Irontalon]

Thanks I Love this Book . It's what brought me to the Desert Southwest.

[Conversations_with_QT]

Thanks for the upload! Much love from Pakistan 💞

[frankcallo]

I miss his voice but his words are, hard to say anything about, rough beauty.

[reddeserted]

Please 🙏🏽 preserve this version of the audiobook.

[dogbotdubedit]

At 5:34:00 is where his thesis on the preservation of the wilderness being necessary as a refuge in case of a nationwide tyrannical state.

[SuperOlds]

The only thing better would have been for Abbey to read it himself.

[seaside]

Mesmerizing. Sit back, be still, and imagine. 5:40:40 WARNING for 2024 US presidential election

[stilleraway]

Was looking for my misplaced book today and found this. Thank you 🙏🏿

[TransRoofKorean]

Is it known if Abbey ever read any Nietzsche? There is of course his use of the "gaze into the abyss" quote but everyone knows that. There doesn't seem to be any real impression that he was aware of Nietzsche but the overlap both in ideas and in style is remarkable.

[reddeserted]

Greg Brush, where can we get copies of this and other Paul Shay readings of Abbey? I'm worried that this one will be taken down and we'll be stuck with the more recent audiobooks, which are not read nearly as well.

[BEETSEEKA]

Desert Oracle brought me here. But I have this book since 10003

[janetbundy]

Can some one help me out here why was he not prepared to kill a rattle snake that might have bit him but he was happy to kill a bunny for no reason ?

[scottbechtold]

I was thinking, it's too bad old Ed never had the chance to try mushrooms. 🤠

[zoelogue]

Tukuhnikivats, the Island in the Desert 9:18:02