Billy Vogelin Starr returns home to his beloved New Mexico after nine months away at school only to find his grandfather in a standoff with the United States Government. It seems the government wants to take his land and turn it into an extension of the White Sands Missile Range.
Although facing the combined powers of the U.S. County Sheriff, the Department of the Interior, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the U.S. Air Force, John Vogelin stands his ground; he does this because to Vogelin, his land is his life and when backed into a corner, a tough old man like him will come out fighting. Here Abbey gives us a page turner that shows us what one determined individual can do in the face of overwhelming legal and military power as he fights to save his livelihood.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Edward Abbey was born in Home, Pennsylvania in 1927. In 1944, at the age of 17, Abbey set out to explore the American Southwest, bumming around the country by hitchhiking and hopping freight trains. It was during this time that Abbey developed a love of the desert, which would shape his life and his art for the next forty years. After a brief stint in the military, Abbey completed his education at the University of New Mexico and later, at the University of Edinburgh. He took employment as a park ranger and fire lookout at several different National Parks throughout his life, experiences from which he drew for his many books. Abbey died at his home in Oracle, Arizona in 1989.
Billy Vogelin Starr returns home to his beloved New Mexico after nine months away at school only to find his grandfather in a standoff with the United States Government. It seems the government wants to take his land and turn it into an extension of the White Sands Missile Range.
Although facing the combined powers of the U.S. County Sheriff, the Department of the Interior, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the U.S. Air Force, John Vogelin stands his ground; he does this because to Vogelin, his land is his life and when backed into a corner, a tough old man like him will come out fighting. Here Abbey gives us a page turner that shows us what one determined individual can do in the face of overwhelming legal and military power as he fights to save his livelihood.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Edward Abbey was born in Home, Pennsylvania in 1927. In 1944, at the age of 17, Abbey set out to explore the American Southwest, bumming around the country by hitchhiking and hopping freight trains. It was during this time that Abbey developed a love of the desert, which would shape his life and his art for the next forty years. After a brief stint in the military, Abbey completed his education at the University of New Mexico and later, at the University of Edinburgh. He took employment as a park ranger and fire lookout at several different National Parks throughout his life, experiences from which he drew for his many books. Abbey died at his home in Oracle, Arizona in 1989.
Fire on the Mountain
192
Fire on the Mountain
192Related collections and offers
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780795317392 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | RosettaBooks |
| Publication date: | 08/21/2011 |
| Series: | Edward Abbey Series , #3 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 192 |
| Sales rank: | 207,442 |
| File size: | 221 KB |
About the Author
Customer Reviews
Explore More Items
On a June night in the Berkshire
It is 1859, and Hugh and Serena Hallam have left Charleston society behind to build a new life
Sheila Redden, a devoted mother
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.
The Knight of Maison Rouge (1845) shows what happens when two people from opposite political camps fall in
Whether they find themselves walking the fertile
The New York Times–bestselling
Mark Greenhow, a naive and peaceful Quaker,
“If you knew what happens in the hotel every day!” Madame Bonnard, the eccentric
In St. Adrienne, a small black community in Louisiana, Reverend Phillip Martin—a respected minister and civil rights