Synopses & Reviews
"This book is an attempt, by sampling, to say something about how the American people and the American land have interacted, how they have shaped one another; what patterns of life, with what chances of continuity, have arisen out of the confrontations between an unformed society and a virgin continent. Perhaps it is less a book about the American land than some ruminationsabout the making of America. . . . We are the unfinished product of a long becoming." —from American Places
Synopsis
A book about America by one of the greatest writers of the American West
"This book is an attempt, by sampling, to say something about how the American people and the American land have interacted, how they have shaped one another; what patterns of life, with what chances of continuity, have arisen out of the confrontations between an unformed society and a virgin continent. Perhaps it is less a book about the American land than some ruminationsabout the making of America. . . . We are the unfinished product of a long becoming."
--from American Places
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Synopsis
A collection of musings by Pulitzer Prizewinning author Wallace Stegner and his son, Page, American Places reconciles the many images that embody Americans, America, and the land that made it all possible.
About the Author
WALLACE STEGNER (19091993) was born in Iowa and moved extensively with his family as a young man. He attended the University of Utah, where he became a teacher before becoming the director of the writing program at Stanford. An ardent environmentalist, Stegner is known as the champion of the American West, its beauty and native spirituality.
Page Stegner is a Professor Emeritus of American Literature at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Table of Contents
American Places
Preface
Foreword
American Places
Inheritance
The Northeast Kingdom
Last Exit to America
The River
Dead Heart of the West
Crow Country
High Plateaus
The New Riders of the Purple Sage
The Redwood Curtain
There It Is: Take It
Life Along the Fault Line
Remnants
Unfinished Business
Bibliography
Index