Marking the sparrow's fall : Wallace Stegner's American West

Stegner, Wallace Earle 1909-1993 (Author). Stegner, Page. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780805044645 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0805044647 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: xix, 359 p. ; 25 cm.
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Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : H. Holt, 1998.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A John Macrae book."

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword: I sing of America -- HOME GROUND : Child of the far frontier -- The making of paths -- That Great Falls year -- At home in the fields of the Lord -- Xanadu by the Salt Flats -- The world's strangest sea -- Lake Powell -- Back roads river -- Back roads of the American West -- Why I like the West -- TESTIMONY : Wilderness letter -- It all began with conservation -- The best idea we ever had -- Qualified homage to Thoreau -- Living on our principal -- Bernard DeVoto -- Conservation equals survival -- Now, if I ruled the world... -- INHERITANCE : The twilight of self-reliance --Living dry -- The Rocky Mountain West -- Land : America's history teacher -- GENESIS : Genesis.