Wallace Stegner: Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade SpringsNominated for a National Book Critics Circle award, "Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs" gathers together Wallace Stegner s most important and memorable writings on the American West: its landscapes, diverse history, and shifting identity; its beauty, fragility, and power. With subjects ranging from the writer s own migrant childhood to the need to protect what remains of the great western wilderness (which Stegner dubs the geography of hope ) to poignant profiles of western writers such as John Steinbeck and Norman Maclean, this collection is a riveting testament to the power of place. At the same time it communicates vividly the sensibility and range of this most gifted of American writers, historians, and environmentalists." |
Contents
A MIGRANT CHILDHOOD | 3 |
LETTER MUCH TOO LATE | 22 |
CROSSING INTO EDEN | 34 |
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