Mirage 1951. Annual Publication of the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico
- Hardcover
- University of New Mexico Printing Plant
University of New Mexico Printing Plant. Hardcover. Very Good. 304pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Decorative silver embossed cloth over boards stamped in red. Light rubbing and fraying at the spine ends. Rear hinge a touch soft. Grassroots activist Edward Abbey is pictured on p. 126/27. Edward Abbey earned a B.A. (1951) and an M.A. (1956) at the University of New Mexico. Abbey's master thesis at the University of New Mexico was on "Anarchism and the Morality of Violence." At the time this yearbook was issued, Abbey was the editor of the literary magazine "The Thunderbird."
Edward Abbey is photographed three times in the yearbook. The first photo captioned, "Editor ED ABBEY," is of Abbey sitting at a desk. In the second, Abbey is reading to a small group of students, and the caption reads "Warren Keifer, Bob Riddle, Pat Yenney and Dana Bodie listen to Ed Abbey create atmosphere." The third shows Abbey sitting at a desk surrounded by three other students. The caption reads "Editor Ed Abbey and the T-Bird staff proofread some material." The 'Thunderbird' is described in this work thusly, "The Thunderbird, although the youngest and perhaps the most violent of the publications, has in its six year history gained a high place among national campus literary magazines.
Edward Abbey is photographed three times in the yearbook. The first photo captioned, "Editor ED ABBEY," is of Abbey sitting at a desk. In the second, Abbey is reading to a small group of students, and the caption reads "Warren Keifer, Bob Riddle, Pat Yenney and Dana Bodie listen to Ed Abbey create atmosphere." The third shows Abbey sitting at a desk surrounded by three other students. The caption reads "Editor Ed Abbey and the T-Bird staff proofread some material." The 'Thunderbird' is described in this work thusly, "The Thunderbird, although the youngest and perhaps the most violent of the publications, has in its six year history gained a high place among national campus literary magazines.