From Jonathan Troy (1954)

From The brave cowboy (1956)

From Fire on the mountain (1962)

From Desert solitaire (1968). Cowboys ; The moon-eyed horse ; Havasu ; The dead man at Grandview Point ; Bedrock and paradox

From Appalachian wilderness (1970). Appalachia

From Black sun (1971)

From The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975). Seldom seen at home

From The journey home (1977). The great American desert ; Death Valley ; Manhattan twilight, Hoboken night ; Telluride blues

a hatchet job

From Abbey's road (1979). Anna Creek ; The Outback ; A desert isle ; Sierra Madre ; Down there in the rocks ; Science with a human face ; In defense of the redneck ; Fire lookout ; The sorrows of travel

From Good news (1980)

From Down the river (1982). Down the river with Henry Thoreau ; Watching the birds: the windhover ; Of protest ; My friend debris ; Floating

From The rites of spring (novel in progress)

From Beyond the wall: essays from the outside (1984). Down to the Sea of Cortez

From The fool's progress: an honest novel (1989). To the Mississippi

From Hayduke lives! (1990). Bonnie's return

From Earth apples: the poetry of Edward Abbey (1994). Flash flood ; Down the river ; A sonnet for Everett Ruess

From Confessions of a barbarian (1994). Selections from the journals.