Cal was a strange and malevolent character. He was indeed the model for Bidhop Love. A friend of mine who was a UPI reporter noted that Cal blew off The Monkey Wrench Gang, saying that he had never bothered to read it. But during an interview in Cal's office in his Blanding motel, he noticed a copy in thr bookshelf. Cal once threatened, in an interview with me, that ancient Indian ruins in San Juan County would be blown up if the federal government kept pushing for protection. He sneered at anyone who was concerned about radiation from uranium mines and wore a piece of high-grade uranium ore in his bolo tie clip. He died of cancer caused by that tie clip. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:32 AM MDT Dave Gary wrote:
If you had ever met former San Juan County Commissioner, Calvin Black, it would be fairly obvious that he was the “Bishop Love” portrayed in Abbey’s books. At least, when I first met him, I said to myself, ‘Holy, sh*t. Bishop Love.’ This was when I was a salvage archeologist for the state excavating on the Colorado Plateau. If ignorance is bliss, the “Bishop’s” existence was very serene. Looking back on it, by today’s standards, the “Bishop” seems lame and harmless. To put it in perspective, nowadays, who would prosecute Watergate?
Dave On Jul 23, 2013, at 11:20 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
It was several friends. The body's whereabouts is still a secret. I got to know Abbey a little -- he and "Seldom Seen Smith" (Ken Sleight) called me at work from Moab one night to compliment me on an environmental column. Abbey was pretty much plowed. We had a good time. I've also met and talked with him at other events. One of my pictures of him is here, for fellow FB-ers: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1710397780361&set=pb.1850628854.-220... -- Joe
________________________________ From: D P Pierce <starsbirdsglyphs@gmail.com> To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:59 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Edward Abbey
I heard him speak to the Utah Librarians Association. He was hilarious. He complained he was offended because many considered him a country hick. He said he was really a sophisticated writer and intellectual then reached into his back pocket and pulled out a red bandana that was a yard square and spent about a full minute noisily blowing his nose. His book The Monkey Wrench Gang is one of the funniest books I've ever read. Desert Solitaire is another favorite with sometimes eloquent writing. When he died, a Moab friend hauled his body into the desert dumping it into a crevice then covering it with rocks.
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