Author. He was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies. His nineteen books include "Desert Solitaire," (regarded by many as one of the finest nature narratives in American literature), "The Monkey Wrench Gang," "Abbey's Road," "Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside" and "Cactus Country." Per investigative research by author Tod Benoit and included in his book "Where Are They Buried? How Did They Die?" At 62 Ed died of complications brought on by hepatic hypertension. As per his wishes, he was buried by family and friends in an old sleeping bag deep in the Cabeza Prieta Desert of southwestern Arizona. His body was transported in the bed of a pickup truck and there was no undertaker, embalming, or coffin. The exact location of his grave remains a secret known only by a select few of his survivors. Until he was seventeen, Ed lived in the hamlet of Home, Pennsylvania, and in 1996 a private group erected a marker there to recognize him. You can see it on Route 119, about ten miles north of the town of Indiana.
Author. He was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies. His nineteen books include "Desert Solitaire," (regarded by many as one of the finest nature narratives in American literature), "The Monkey Wrench Gang," "Abbey's Road," "Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside" and "Cactus Country." Per investigative research by author Tod Benoit and included in his book "Where Are They Buried? How Did They Die?" At 62 Ed died of complications brought on by hepatic hypertension. As per his wishes, he was buried by family and friends in an old sleeping bag deep in the Cabeza Prieta Desert of southwestern Arizona. His body was transported in the bed of a pickup truck and there was no undertaker, embalming, or coffin. The exact location of his grave remains a secret known only by a select few of his survivors. Until he was seventeen, Ed lived in the hamlet of Home, Pennsylvania, and in 1996 a private group erected a marker there to recognize him. You can see it on Route 119, about ten miles north of the town of Indiana.
