A review by simplymary
All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West by David Gessner

5.0

Gessner did something great for me: he introduced me to Edward Abbey. I have no idea how, as a resident of Utah for two decades who has visited all of its national parks, I missed out on Edward Abbey until now...but the missing piece has been found! Of course I knew of Wallace Stegner. This book compared and contrasted the two iconic voices of the American West and reviewed most of their books. I enjoyed the way Gessner made an effort to visit all of the places they wrote about and to recreate a river journey like Abbey's. As soon as I finished the book, I promptly ordered from Powell's in Portland 8 books by Abbey, Stegner, and Terry Tempest Williams.