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Edward Abbey(1927-1989)

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Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
Edward Abbey was born on 29 January 1927 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Monkey Wrench Gang, Lonely Are the Brave (1962) and Fire on the Mountain (1981). He died on 14 March 1989 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
BornJanuary 29, 1927
DiedMarch 14, 1989(62)
BornJanuary 29, 1927
DiedMarch 14, 1989(62)
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The Monkey Wrench Gang
  • Writer
    Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Carroll O'Connor, Michael Kane, William Schallert, and Bronze Star in Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
    Lonely Are the Brave
    7.6
    • Writer
    • 1962
    Ron Howard and Buddy Ebsen in Fire on the Mountain (1981)
    Fire on the Mountain
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1981
    Earth First! The Politics of Radical Environmentalism (1987)
    Earth First! The Politics of Radical Environmentalism
    8.9
    • Self
    • 1987

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    • The Monkey Wrench Gang
      • novel
      • Pre-production
    • Ron Howard and Buddy Ebsen in Fire on the Mountain (1981)
      Fire on the Mountain
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • book
      • 1981
    • Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Carroll O'Connor, Michael Kane, William Schallert, and Bronze Star in Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
      Lonely Are the Brave
      7.6
      • novel "Brave Cowboy"
      • 1962

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    • Born
      • January 29, 1927
      • Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Died
      • March 14, 1989
      • Tucson, Arizona, USA(complications from surgery)
    • Other works
      Novel: "The Monkey Wrench Gang" (filmed as The Monkey Wrench Gang)

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      Lonely Are the Brave (1962) is from his novel "The Brave Cowboy". Try out "Desert Solitaire" and "The Monkey Wrench Gang". Inspiration for the non-violent (to humans) direct-action environmental movement. Funny, opinionated, romantic, anti-authoritarian, died too young. A defender of the American West. Kirk Douglas calls Lonely Are the Brave (1962) his favorite of all his films.
    • Quotes
      Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

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