A longtime independent advocate for wilderness, Doug Peacock served as the real-life model for the fictional character George Washingstone Hayduke in Edward Abbey's "The Monkeywrench Gang." Doug’s book "Walking It Off: a Veteran's Chronicle of War and Wilderness" is, in part, the story of his close and cantankerous friendship with Abbey. In 1988, Doug’s film, "Peacock's War" aired on “Nature” and won the Grand Prize at Mountainfilm. An ex-Green Beret medic and Disabled American Veteran, Peacock is a supporter of veteran causes and several peace movements. In April 2007, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and plans to write a book called "Repatriation."