What is Edward Abbey?
{{More citations needed}} {{Infobox writer | name = Edward Abbey | image = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1927|1|29}} | birth_place = [[Indiana, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1989|3|14|1927|1|29}} | death_place = [[Tucson, Arizona]], U.S. | occupation = Essayist, novelist | genre = | movement = | notableworks = ''[[Desert Solitaire]]''<br>''[[The Monkey Wrench Gang]]'' | influences = | influenced = }} '''Edward Paul Abbey''' (January 29, 1927 – March 14, 1989) was an American nature [[writer]]. He is known for books including Desert Solitaire, Black Sun, The Journey Home, The Fool's Progress, and Hayduke Lives. == Early life and education == He was born in the state of [[Pennsylvania]] in the [[United States]] in 1927. He grew up in Pennsylvania, in a small town in the mountains near the city of [[Pittsburgh]]. He later moved to the [[American Southwest]] and wrote several [[books]]. He spent most of his adult life in the states of [[New Mexico]], [[Arizona]], and [[Utah]]. Most of his books are about the Southwest. During [[World War II]], he was in [[high school]]. He took a trip [[hitchhiking]] to see the American West. During his trip through Arizona and New Mexico, he fell in love with the Southwest. He enlisted near the end of World War II and was stationed in [[Italy]] as a military [[policeman]]. When he came back to the United States, he moved to New Mexico and got a [[college]] degree. Then he started writing books. == Writing works == Abbey's first book was titled ''Jonathan Troy''. It did not sell well and Abbey did not like it very much, and it was taken out of print. His second book was ''The Brave Cowboy''. This book sold better and made him known as a writer of [[Western (genre)|western]] [[fiction]]. It was also made into a [[movie]] called ''Lonely are the Brave''. ''Fire on the Mountain'' was his third book. ''The Brave Cowboy'' and ''Fire on the Mountain'' are about [[cowboy]]s who loved the old [[American West]] and did not li