Edward Abbey became one of the most prominent figures in the American environmental movement in the 1970s and 1980s. A zealous defender of wildlife, Abbey has repeatedly stated that he would rather kill a person than a snake. Author of the acclaimed books “The Hermit of the Desert,” “The Wrench Gang,” and “The Journey Home.” Abby is one of the theorists of environmental sabotage (ecotage), i.e. hidden damage to equipment and technology, designed to make environmentally harmful actions economically unprofitable. In the novel “The Wrench Gang,” he talked about a group of conservationists who, wanting to save areas of wild nature from human exploitation, destroyed construction workers’ bulldozers and railroads along which coal was transported. The Monkey Wrench Gang is much more than just a book: it is revolutionary, anarchic, subversive, and if it gets into the wrong hands, dangerous...