| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 34.3

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Book Review

God's Wilds: John Muir's Vision of Nature. By Dennis C. Williams. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2002. xiv + 246 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $49.95.)

Adventures with Ed: A Portrait of Abbey. By Jack Loeffler. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2002. x + 298 pp. Illustrations, bibliographic essay, index. $24.95.)

Just as John Muir's prose sets the standard for nature writers who were writing at the close of the late nineteenth century, so Edward Abbey's essays are the touchstones against which late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century nonfiction writers are measured. Just as John Muir's opinions were at the forefront of the environmental politics of his age, so Edward Abbey's fierce arguments inspire environmental activists today. The two men's voices loom large above their peers. Because we recognize their prominence, their lives and their writings necessarily invite further commentary. Critical studies, biographies, hagiographies, comparative studies, monographs, edited commentaries, and collections—the list of titles grows.

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