Walking It Off: A Veteran's Chronicle of War and Wilderness
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0910055998 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This rich recollection of their relationship and the dry places they explored are recalled in Peacock’s honest and heartfelt style in this poignant memoir.. Abbey and Peacock had an at times stormy, almost father and son relationship that was peacefully resolved in Abbey's last days before his death in 1989. Since then Peacock has become an articulate environmental individualist writing about the West's abundant wildscapes. When he wrote The Monkey Wrench Gang in 1975, Edward Abbey became the spokesperson for a generation of Americans angered by the unthinking destruction of our natural heritage. Without consultation, Abbey based the central character of eco-guerilla George Washington Hayduke on his friend Doug Peacock
He lives in Livingston, Montana. . Doug Peacock is the author of Grizzly Years, Baja!, and articles about wilderness preservation in magazines such as Outside, Men’s Journal, and Audubon
Cactus Ed said Doug's Long-Awaited Memoir of Abbey - At Last!. Well I'm honored to be the first person to review Walking It Off. As a lifelong fan of Ed Abbey I of course knew a lot about Doug Peacock's friendship with him. We all "knew" that Doug was Ed's real-life model for Hayduke. What we didn't know, until this new book came out (finally!), was how Doug felt about it. Hayduke may be one of our mythical heroes (I have a Hayduke Lives! bumper sticker on my car), but Doug Peacock is a true real-life hero to me. Doug survived the Vietnam War and then found a way to survive the aftermath when he began his work with Grizzly Bears. He does not "re. Matt Hill said "Walk on. The feet will inform the soul". A warrior's articulations about his war sickness (PTSD) and his fabled relationship with his mentor Ed Abbey. Plenty of recollections about this tumultuous relationship as it unfolds in their hikes and times together. Mostly though, this is a chronicle of one man's struggle to feel peace in his tortured soul by spending as much time as he can in the wilderness.In many ways, this is a companion volume to "Grizzly Years" (see review).It is Peacock's further accounts of his life; but it is also about a mellowing, coming-to-terms middle aged warrior who is struggling to transcend much of. "Well worth it" according to DMReader. Very interesting book on a lot of levels. Touches on themes of war, death, friendship, and the value of nature. Doug Peacock has a very honest and real style.
About the Author Doug Peacock is the author of Grizzly Years, Baja!, and articles about wilderness preservation in magazines such as Outside, Men’s Journal, and Audubon. He lives in Livingston, Montana.