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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing… — Edward Abbey

Autobiography and memoir

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.

Edward Abbey
Desert Solitaire · 1968
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Topic
Learning from adversity
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Wish
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Time
1968
Person
Edward Abbey
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Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness. McGraw-Hill, 1968, preface.

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