Tom Russell, true son of the American Southwest, sings about the Man from Home. Thanks to Brian Frizzell for the link.
The Ballad of Edward Abbey

Bill Kauffman
Bill Kauffman is the author of eleven books, among them Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette (Henry Holt), Ain’t My America (Metropolitan), Look Homeward, America (ISI), and Poetry Night at the Ballpark (FPR Books). His next book, Upstaters, is due from SUNY Press in 2026. He is a columnist for The American Conservative and The Spectator World. Bill wrote the screenplay for the 2013 feature film Copperhead. He is a founding editor of Front Porch Republic and has served as a legislative assistant to Senator Pat Moynihan, editor for various magazines and publishers, and vice president of the Batavia Muckdogs, a professional baseball team that was euthanized by Major League Baseball. He lives with his wife Lucine in his native Genesee County, New York.
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D.W. Sabin
Ole Ed, Zeus bless his bleached bones, better yet, may the deity play a brisk roll on the hollow skulls of this contemporary lot with his femur.
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