Copyright © 1956, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 by Edward Abbey.
Copyright © 1990, 1992, 1994 by the Estate of Edward Abbey.
Selections and notes copyright © 1995 by Henry Holt and Company.
All rights reserved.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Abbey, Edward, 1927–1989.
The serpents of paradise: a reader / by Edward Abbey;
edited by John Macrae.—1st ed.
p. cm.
“A John Macrae book.”
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 978-1-4668-0628-3
1. Man—Influence on nature—Literary collections.
2. Wilderness areas—Literary collections.
3. West (U.S.)—Literary collections.
I. Macrae, John. II. Title.
PS3551.B2A6 1995 94-44065
813'.545—dc20 CIP

First published in hardcover in 1995 by
Henry Holt and Company

^* Resist Much, Obey Little: Some Notes on Edward Abbey. Edited by James Hepworth and Gregory McNamee. Tucson, Ariz.: Harbinger House, 1989

^* Abbey did not anticipate the mountain biker who moves across wild lands like a steamroller flattening every living thing in his path.—Ed.

^* Abbey’s third wife, Judy, and third child, Suzie.—Ed.

^* This actually happened—once—at Grand Canyon National Park. The culprit (not me) was caught, I am happy to say, convicted and duly electrocuted at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Texas.

^* Ballantine Books had acquired the rights to publish a lower-priced edition. At the time it was not uncommon for the original publisher to license two paperback reprint editions simultaneously: one trade, the other mass market. The mass-market Ballantine edition did not reach full stride until 1974.