Audio Interview with Edward Abbey

Edward Abbey flunked journalism twice in high school, but those early failures only fueled determinations of success. His inability to keep the facts straight, even as a young man, destined him to fiction writing. Abbey would later become the prosperous author of numerous books, namely Desert Solitaire, The Monkey Wrench Gang, One Life at a Time, Please, and A Fool's Progress, among others.

In this 1988 interview with Don Swaim, Abbey speaks of growing up in a farm town outside of Pittsburgh, his career as a writer, and his passion for the environment. Click on the link below to hear first hand from this great North American author.

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For many years most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Wired for Books is proud to webcast these interviews in their entirety.