James M Cahalan Author

James M. Cahalan is a professor emeritus of English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he taught courses on national parks. He sponsored the Pennsylvania state historical marker for Edward Abbey in Home, Pennsylvania. Cahalan now lives in Golden, Colorado.

David Gessner is the Kenan Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He is the author of fourteen books, including All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West.