Wrenched from the Land
Wrenched from the Land
Activists Inspired by Edward Abbey
Wrenched from the Land features sixteen interviews with some of the most iconic eco-warriors to put themselves on the line for their beliefs. The activists featured in this book are inspired by the late Edward Abbey, one of America’s uncompromising and irascible defenders of wilderness. The book includes interviews with Terry Tempest Williams, the late Charles Bowden, Sea Shepherd Society founder Paul Watson, Jack Loeffler, Doug Peacock, Ingrid Eisenstadter, John De Puy, Bob Lippman, Derrick Jensen, Shonto Begay, Ken Sanders, Ken Sleight, the late Katie Lee, Executive Director of the Center for Biological Diversity Kieran Suckling, Earth First! cofounder Dave Foreman, and climate activist Tim DeChristopher.
Some were among Abbey’s closest friends and were the inspiration for his irreverent comedic masterpiece, The Monkey Wrench Gang. Here are mesmerizing stories about how they adapted Abbey’s monkeywrenching ideas into a radical blueprint for direct action. Their achievements—as ingenious and fierce as the individuals in this book—will encourage readers to discover their own pathways toward positive change.
This is a marvelous book.…Wrenched from the Land not only presents valuable academic source materials for understanding the evolution of American environmental activism, it also offers delightful personal perspectives on Edward Abbey and how his words touched and impassioned important voices protecting the American West—and the whole earth.
Wrenched from the Land is…an enjoyable way to learn the history of conservation battles in the Southwest since the 1970s, some of which are still being engaged. It offers insight into key players in those struggles and their victories and defeats.
These sixteen interviews, along with the foreword by Bill McKibben, cut a wide swath through the environmental movement in our nation. There’s a lot of anger, a lot of Abbey-esque humor, and every person interviewed shares their own way of engaging in the struggle.
ML Lincoln, author and award-winning photographer and filmmaker, is the producer and director of the esteemed documentaries Wrenched and Drowning River.
Foreword
Bill McKibben
Introduction
Chapter One. Charles "Chuck" Bowden
Chapter Two. Dave Foreman
Chapter Three. Paul Watson
Chapter Four. Katie Lee
Chapter Five. Ken Sleight
Chapter Six. Doug Peacock
Chapter Seven. Jack Loeffler
Chapter Eight. Shonto Begay
Chapter Nine. John De Puy
Chapter Ten. Ingrid Eisenstadter
Chapter Eleven. Kieran Suckling
Chapter Twelve. Derrick Jensen
Chapter Thirteen. Bob Lippman
Chapter Fourteen. Ken Sanders
Chapter Fifteen. Tim DeChristopher
Chapter Sixteen. Terry Tempest Williams
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
Index
