Fire on the Mountain

by ABBEY, Edward

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NY: Dial. 1962. First Edition. His third novel and his first book to deal explicitly with the ecological and environmental themes that dominated his later writings. Abbey's passionate and uncompromising writings in defense of the wilderness of the American West helped lay the groundwork for the activist environmental movement in the 1960s and since, encouraging the creation of such radical groups as Earth First! and helping to initiate the dialogue on "deep ecology" that has defined much of the discussion in environmental circles in recent years. Inscribed by the author and dated 11/1/62 -- although, like many of the inscriptions Abbey dated after he learned of the book collecting conventions regarding "contemporary" inscriptions, the date in this one is spurious, and it was probably signed in the early 1980s. Thin black strip on endpages and boards from a previous dust jacket protector; still a fine copy in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. .