Phillip A. Harrington, Photography

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here by the Colorado River at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here by the Colorado River at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here by the Colorado River at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here by the Colorado River at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here by the Colorado River at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here by the Colorado River at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here by the Colorado River at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here by the Colorado River at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey and writer Daniel Chapman drinking cold beverages from a ground fridge in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey and writer Daniel Chapman drinking cold beverages from a ground fridge in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.

Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire, shown here in the desert at Canyonlands National Park in 1969.