Sierra Club Book Club: Desert Solitaire

From the Sierra Club –

We’ll be meeting to discuss the book “Desert Solitaire” by Edward Abbey. This book has been suggested to read by other nature-lovers and Amazon.com, multiple times over and over again. So I’m pleased to read this book. It is up there with great works of environmental literature as Silent Spring. It’s said to be on of the books that transformed the genre of naturalist studies into manifestoes for social change.

Amazon.com describes is as: “Written while Abbey was working as a ranger at Arches National Park outside of Moab, Utah, Desert Solitaire is a rare view of one man’s quest to experience nature in its purest form.
Through prose that is by turns passionate and poetic, Abbey reflects on the condition of our remaining wilderness and the future of a civilization that cannot reconcile itself to living in the natural world as well as his own internal struggle with morality. As the world continues its rapid development, Abbey’s cry to maintain the natural beauty of the West remains just as relevant today as when this book was written.”

October’s book will be “Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time”, by Jeff Speck. You’re going to want to read this. GoodReads says, “In this essential new book, Speck reveals the invisible workings of the city, how simple decisions have cascading effects, and how we can all make the right choices for our communities.”

At the end of every book club meeting we discuss possible next books and vote on them.

*We’re meeting at the “Rock Garden” picnic tables. These are located uphill from the Zilker Hillside Theater*