Lonely Are the Brave is a 1962 American black and white Western film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel The Brave Cowboy directed by David Miller from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands and Walter Matthau.
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Edward Paul Abbey was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views. His best-known works include the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmental groups, and the non-fiction work Desert Solitaire.
Abbey spent time as a park ranger at what became Arches National Park near Moab, Utah
The Monkey Wrench Gang was one of Abbey's better-known books (cover of 10th anniversary edition, 1985), and was an inspiration for radical environmental groups, such as Earth First!