<div>For the first time in softcover, Edward Abbey's last book, a collection of unforgettable barbs of wisdom from the best-selling author of <i>The Monkey Wrench Gang.</i><br><br>Notes from a Secret Journal<br><br><i>Edward Abbey on:</i><br><br><i>Government-</i>"Terrorism: deadly violence against humans and other living things, usually conducted by a government against its own people."<br><br><i>Sex-</i>"How to Avoid Pleurisy: Never make love to a girl named Candy on the tailgate of a half-ton Ford pickup during a chill rain in April out of Grandview Point in San Juan County, Utah."<br><br><i>New York City-</i>"New Yorkers like to boast that if you can survive in New York, you can survive anywhere. But if you can survive anywhere, why live in New York?"<br><br><i>Literature-</i>"Henry James. Our finest lady novelist." <br></div>