wrench
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In 1985, he commissioned an R. Crumb-illustrated edition of “The Monkey Wrench Gang,” Abbey’s cult novel about a ragtag crew of eco-saboteurs waging war on bulldozers, dams and the American West’s development boom.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
Mr Wrench was one of the three claimants involved in Friday's court proceedings and one of two who lost their cases.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025
Mr Wrench urged car finance companies to contact consumers directly to apologise and offer compensation and said he was still glad he had pursued the firms through the courts.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025
Wrench shared this old interview with "The Banksy Story" podcast host James Peak after it had played NPR's unverified audio of the artist from 2005.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2023
When Edward Abbey was writing The Monkey Wrench Gang, his picaresque novel about eco-terrorism in the canyon country, his pal Ken Sleight was said to have inspired the character Seldom Seen Smith.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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