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| Walking it Off by Doug Peacock |
| From the recipient of a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship |
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Nonfiction
208 Pages
ISBN: 0910055998
Paper $19.95
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When he wrote The Monkey Wrench Gang in 1975, Edward Abbey became the spokesperson for a generation of Americans angered by the unthinking destruction of our natural heritage. Without consultation, Abbey based the central character of eco-guerilla George Washington Hayduke on his long- time friend Doug Peacock. Since then, Peacock has become an articulate environmental individualist writing about the West's abundant wildscapes.
Abbey and Peacock had an at times stormy relationship, almost like that of father and son, that was peacefully resolved in Abbey's last days, before he died in 1989. Their relationship and the places they explored are recalled, in Peacock's honest and heartfelt, style in this poignant memoir.
Doug Peacock has been awarded a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship. Click HERE to read a press release. |
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| Doug Peacock is the author of Grizzly Years, Baja!, and articles in magazines such as, Outside, Men's Journal, and Audubon. This prolific writer is dedicated to preserving the wilderness. He lives in Livingston, Montana. |
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"But what moves me most about Doug Peacock is his willingness to be vulnerable–why we both laugh and cry through his stories. This is what we are missing–an ethical path. Doug Peacock is a humble warrior, fearless and honest, with a heart as big as the wild country he loves."
—Terry Tempest Williams |
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"Memoir is a relentlessly honest account of a life sculpted by war and wilderness. If one supports Peacock's efforts, he comes across as a true character, a Western icon, a rare breed indeed. If one questions Peacock's efforts, especially his tactics, he comes across as a renegade, an enviro-outlaw, a misguided romantic trying to stem inevitable progress."
—John Marshall, Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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| "An iconic figure, a secular prophet, in the wildass American West." , ................................................................................ —David Quammen |
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