Johnny is Edward Abbey’s brother who is also spending his summer as a park ranger. Though Edward Abbey hardly mentions him, Johnny takes part in the manhunt for the dead photographer. The shock on his face when he finds the corpse suggests that he—like his brother Edward—is an outsider to the group of more hardened park rangers who mock the bloated corpse and have a snack near it.
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Johnny Abbey Character Timeline in Desert Solitaire
The timeline below shows where the character Johnny Abbey appears in Desert Solitaire. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Dead Man at Grandview Point
...on a manhunt for a missing tourist across Dead Horse Mesa. He meets his brother Johnny (also spending the summer as a ranger), Merle McRae, Floyd Bence, and some policemen, to...
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Coming upon a sickened-looking Johnny, Abbey realizes that his brother has found the corpse. A mile from the road, under...
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