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- ↑ Abbey, Edward. 1985. The Monkey Wrench Gang. Salt Lak City: Dream Garden Press. ISBN 0-942688-18-X
- ↑ Abbey, Edward. 1990. Hayduke Lives! Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-00411-1
- ↑ Hayduke, George (1987). Screw Unto Others. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press. p. 77. ISBN 0-87364-405-0.
