Comments on: The Monkey Wrench Gang http://changingway.org/2009/01/09/the-monkey-wrench-gang/ Andrew weighs in on the ways in which the web and the world are changing Fri, 25 May 2012 15:11:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: data entry http://changingway.org/2009/01/09/the-monkey-wrench-gang/#comment-6848 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:53:15 +0000 http://changingway.org/?p=1483#comment-6848 Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy.

]]> By: kris http://changingway.org/2009/01/09/the-monkey-wrench-gang/#comment-6181 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:29:13 +0000 http://changingway.org/?p=1483#comment-6181 The Monkey Wrench Gang is more comic book than novel. It’s a fun, and compelling read, but I think people have attributed more meaning into MWG than Abbey intended. The book itself served as a proto-bible for Earth First! in the late-1970s and early-1980s, but Abbey himself never joined the group. (Although he did write on their behalf on occasion). At various points in his life Abbey attempted to separate himself, and his book, from people that took the book too seriously. Even going so far as to proclaim that the novel was written merely to “entertain and amuse”.

If you’re interested in reading some of Abbey’s other works I would suggest “The Brave Cowboy”, “Black Sun” and “The Fools Progress”. Also, if you haven’t already read Aldo Leopold’s “A Sand County Almanac” I would highly recommend it.

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