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1	Angle of Repose more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist A retired, ailing history professor, Lyman Ward, has been deserted by his wife. To distract himself from pain, both physical and emotional, he embarks on the project of editing the private papers of his grandmother, an artist and writer married to a geologist. Ward recounts the story of his grandparents' life juxtaposed with his own--specifically, ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Beyond the hundredth meridian: John Wesley Powell and the second opening of the West. more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist The author recounts the successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. "No library of western/southwestern materials can be without this book. . . ".-- Books of the Southwest. see all copies from £8.84! new only from £9.29! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Big Rock Candy Mountain more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist The novel that confirmed Wallace Stegner's position as an important American writer is based on his own family history. Bo and Elsa Mason and their two sons set out to conquer the West, pursuing the American dream of wealth and success--the Big Rock Candy Mountain. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £8.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist A chronicle of the Mormon westward migration. see all copies from £6.04! new only from £11.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Wolf Willow: A History, a Story, and a Memory of the Last Plains Frontier more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist In this recreation of southern Saskatchewan from 1914 to 1920, Wallace Stegner combines his own memories with history and fictional techniques to create a community, a landscape, and an unforgettable childhood. see all copies from £5.02! new only from £9.29! \| first editions
6	Spectator Bird more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist Joe Allston, the narrator of Stegner's earlier (1967) novel, ALL THE LITTLE LIVE THINGS, finds the journal he kept on a trip to Denmark 20 years earlier, which describes his attraction to a wealthy Danish woman. He reads the journal to his wife, and her response makes it clear how rich and vital their marriage has been. Winner of the National Book ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.39! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Crossing to Safety more books like this by Wallace Stegner add to wishlist This novel chronicles the events in a crucial day in the lives of two couples who have been friends for a long time: Sid Lang, a fiercely ambitious man, and his controlling wife Charity who is dying of cancer; and Sally Morgan and her husband Larry, whose happily dependent relationship is based partly on Sally's lameness. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Recapitulation more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist 'In an age of explicit sex scenes and of male-female hates and struggles, it is wonderful to open this book...Despite the flapper fashions and references to prohibition and old Fords, one comes out aware of universal, human feelings that have nothing to do with time - present, future, or past' - "Christian Science Monitor". 'Recapitulation is rich ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £6.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Mormon country more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist Stegner's history of the Mormons in Utah. see all copies from £2.04! new only from £11.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Great American Short Stories more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner (Editor), Mary Stegner (Editor) add to wishlist Wallace Stegner and his wife Mary Stegner are the editors for this volume of definitive American short stories. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £7.30! \| first editions
11 view cover	Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist In 16 graceful essays, Stegner writes about his perennial theme, the American West--its culture, landscape, and literature, and the ways that they interconnect. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Collected Stories of Wallace Stegner more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist Stegner's well-crafted, often nostalgic stories are definitely traditional in style--most were written before 1950, when he gave up short fiction for novels and nonfiction. This volume includes such masterly works as "The Sweetness of the Twisted Apples" and "The City of the Living," as well as the short novel GENESIS. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £12.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	All the Little Live Things more books like this by Wallace Stegner add to wishlist Two newcomers invade the life of Joe Allston, a 64-year-old rancher in California. One is a manipulative hippie who wants to camp on his land--a request Joe grants because his son died three years earlier, an event about which Joe still feels some guilt. The other is a new neighbor, the lovely Marian, who has a tragic secret. Stegner's novel ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £7.40! \| first editions
14 view cover	Remembering Laughter more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist Margaret and Alec Stuart have a happy marriage despite Alec's reliance on the bottle. When Margaret's sister comes to stay with them and falls in love with their thriving Iowa farm, things change, and Margaret finds herself tested by a cruel series of events. Stegner wrote REMEMBERING LAUGHTER in response to a 1936 Little, Brown contest offering ... see all copies from £2.14! new only from £8.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	A Shooting Star more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist In Stegner's 1961 novel, a wealthy and beautiful but flighty woman leaves her older doctor-husband for a journey down a path of anguish and degradation. see all copies from £1.29! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Sound of Mountain Water more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist A collection of essays, memoirs, letters, and speeches about the American West, written by the celebrated western novelist and teacher. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.83! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Selected Letters of Wallace Stegner more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner, Page Stegner (Editor) add to wishlist Wallace Stegner, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1972, was a great writer. As an author, historian, teacher, and environmentalist, he influenced countless prominent individuals during his long life. Showcasing some of those relationships, these letters (written between 1933 and 1993) cover a broad range of topics, including literature, history, ... see all copies from £5.79! new only from £7.05! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Joe Hill more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist Stegner writes a fictionalized version of the life of Joe Hill, the union organizer, attempting to find the real man behind the legend. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.80! \| first editions
19	The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard Devoto more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist Wallace Stegner writes a biography of his fellow Western writer, Pulitzer Prize-winner Bernard de Voto. Among his other achievements, De Voto was a celebrated Mark Twain scholar and for many years wrote the influential "Easy Chair" column in Harper's magazine. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £13.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Marking the Sparrow's Fall: The Making of the American West more books like this by Page Stegner (Preface by), Wallace Earle Stegner (Foreword by) add to wishlist The first collection published since his death in 1993 contains 15 never-before-published essays by Stegner, a little-known novella, and his most powerful and best-known essays on the American West. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £8.02!
21 view cover	The American West as Living Space more books like this by Wallace Earle Stegner add to wishlist A passionate work about the fragile and arid West that Stegner loves see all copies from £8.18! new only from £9.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Ansel Adams: Letters, 1916 - 1984 more books like this by Mary Street Alinder (Editor), Andrea G Stillman (Editor), Wallace Earle Stegner (Foreword by) add to wishlist In his early years in Yosemite, Adams formed the habit of writing letters at every opportunity. His correspondence, therefore, provides virtually the full record of his life. Throughout the years, wherever he went, from Southwest to Maine to Alaska, he wrote literally thousands of letters and postcards. Among the family, friends, fellow ... see all copies from £6.48! new only from £9.86! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Arid Lands more books like this by John Wesley Powell, Wallace Earle Stegner (Editor), John Vernon (Foreword by) add to wishlist John Wesley Powell's arid lands report was the first to argue that the American West could not support a conventional system of agriculture and that its lands could not sustain unlimited development. He recognized that water was a more precious resource than land, that rainfall could never support agriculture in the region, and that controlled ... see all copies from £6.19! new only from £6.36!
24	American Places more books like this by Eliot Porter add to wishlist see all copies from £1.81! new only from £9.91! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Women on the Wall more books like this by Wallace Stegner add to wishlist "In his quiet way, Wallace Stegner is one of the most talented writers in our midst" - "New York Herald Tribune". "This is a group of remarkably able stories, reflecting people as well as situations. Mr. Stegner is one of the top craftsmen among today's short story writers, and this volume, representative of his work over a ten-year period, is ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £10.25! \| first editions

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