title: Adventures with Ed: A Portrait of Abbey
author:  Jack Loeffler 
description: ." . . look to Loeffler to see why this serial husband, womanizer, and heavy drinker was beloved, even worshiped, by a wide circle of admirers."<br /><br />." . . Loeffler uses his own journals of their escapades and the narrative becomes very personal."<br /><br />""Adventures With Ed" . . . is witheringly precise when it comes to finding Abbey's living spirit."<br /><br />. . . look to Loeffler to see why this serial husband, womanizer, and heavy drinker was beloved, even worshiped, by a wide circle of admirers.<br /><br />"Loeffler's intimate, incisive, and loving portrait of Abbey replaces the old, brittle caricature with an indelible body-and-soul vision of a true American original."<br /><br />." . . Abbey was above all else a man who placed paramount importance on friendship. And in the final analysis this is a book about friendship, about two compadres sharing the same trail."<br /><br />. . . Loefflers "Adventures with Ed" probably comes closest to the way Abbey would have liked to be remembered. . . . very entertaining reading . . . because Abbey himself continues to be so endlessly fascinating.<br /><br />. . . personal reminiscences by one of author and environmental activist Abbeys closest friends. This book is part biography and part memoir, and it is the latter aspect that makes it of special interest. . . . this book is highly recommended for Abbeys fans and for larger public library collections.
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  Suzanne Enoch
  
  The Care and Taming of a Rogue
  
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  For Hugh Jackman,
  
  whom I find very inspiring.
  
  Very. Inspiring.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  Prologue
  
  Captain David Langley stepped down from his hired hack and…
  
  [Chapter One](index_split_003.html#filepos15113)
  
  Bennett Wolfe stepped down from the hired hack and tossed…
  
  [Chapter Two](index_split_004.html#filepos40920)
  
  Now calm yourself, Bennett,” Jack said, closing the library door…
  
  [Chapter Three](index_split_005.html#filepos66214)
  
  Bennett borrowed a horse from Jack and rode to Ainsley…
  
  [Chapter Four](index_split_006.html#filepos92447)
  
  Phillipa Eddison waited in the breakfast room until her tea…
  
  [Chapter Five](index_split_007.html#filepos125102)
  
  Well, this is charming,” Jack muttered, clapping Bennett on the…
  
  [Chapter Six](index_split_008.html#filepos160009)
  
  I still wish I’d thought of letting him catch me…
  
  [Chapter Seven](index_split_009.html#filepos188716)
  
  Philli