![]() ![]() Seldom Seen Smith, a river boat guide, is a polygamous Mormon whose livelihood depends on the wilderness. Abbzug is a confused and lonely young woman who claims to loathe industrialization and who loves Doc but dreams of excitement and intrigue. Doc, in his spare time, along with Abbzug, destroys billboards. He has a physical and emotional relationship with a woman half his age, Bonnie Abbzug, and has seen an increase in cancer in his patients due to the industrialization of the southwest. ![]() Doc Sarvis is a heart surgeon with a thriving medical practice whose wife has died. On reading the novel, however, one finds the novel is much more about the characteristics of mankind, and how their environment and experiences alter those characteristics. On the surface, The Monkey Wrench Gang is a novel about four characters and their fight to protest the industrialization and destruction of the southwestern landscape. Their adventures help all of them to discover who they really are and what they truly want in life. ![]() The Monkey Wench Gang, by Edward Abbey, is a novel that follows four characters through their adventures as they protest the destruction of the southwestern United States. ![]()
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