KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Edward Abbey Reading at the Telluride Ideas Festival, 1986, 2 of 3
Analog Audio
Event Type
Spoken WordOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
AM.1986.08.17.BProgram Length
121 minPart
2 of 3Dates
| broadcast| 1986-08-17 | created
Description
Author, essayist, and environmentalist, Edward Abbey, who died in 1989, gives a talk and reads selections from his essays and books during an appearance at the Telluride Ideas Festival on August 17, 1986. Abbey is perhaps best known for his radical stance on public land policy and supposed support for eco-terrorism. A true iconoclast, Abbey has been condemned and praised by mainstream environmentalists and conservative Western ranchers alike. He was a pro-gun, anti-immigration, self-declared desert anarchist, who thrived on controversy and was unyielding in his advocacy for wilderness protection. In this program he reads from a lifetime worth of writings, including his best known novel about eco-sabotage, “The Monkey Wrench Gang”. At the end of the reading, Abbey entertains questions from the audience.Genres
LiteratureCurrent Events
Musical Selections
In Defense of the Redneck [from Abbey’s Road] (1979)Subjects
EnvironmentalismPolitics and culture
Economics
Democracy
Technology and society
Gun control