Wallace Stegner






Wallace Stegner

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born
February 18, 1909

died
April 13, 1993

gender
male

place of birth
The United States


about this author

Wallace Earle Stegner (February 18, 1909—April 13, 1993) was an American historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist. Some call him "The Dean of Western Writers."




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avg rating: 4.14 | 13,044 ratings | 2,250 reviews | 57 distinct works | 21 fans
Angle of Repose Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner
avg rating 4.25 — 5,120 ratings — published 1971
18 editions
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Crossing to Safety Crossing to Safety
by Wallace Stegner
avg rating 4.18 — 3,806 ratings — published 1987
13 editions
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The Big Rock Candy Mountain The Big Rock Candy Mountain
by Wallace Stegner
avg rating 3.94 — 680 ratings — published 1943
6 editions
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All the Little Live Things All the Little Live Things
by Wallace Stegner
avg rating 4.09 — 493 ratings — published 1967
8 editions
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The Spectator Bird The Spectator Bird
by Wallace Stegner
avg rating 3.78 — 511 ratings — published 1976
6 editions
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Where the Bluebird Sings to th... Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West
by Wallace Stegner
avg rating 3.98 — 216 ratings — published 1992
6 editions
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Recapitulation Recapitulation
by Wallace Stegner
avg rating 3.72 — 209 ratings — published 1979
3 editions
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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian:... Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
by Wallace Stegner
avg rating 4.05 — 172 ratings — published 1953
8 editions
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Remembering Laughter Remembering Laughter
by Wallace Stegner
avg rating 3.65 — 172 ratings — published 1937
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Mormon Country Mormon Country
by Wallace Stegner
avg rating 3.80 — 126 ratings — published 1942
4 editions
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"Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed... We simply need that wild country available to us, even if we never do more than drive to its edge and look in."
Wallace Stegner
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"There it was, there it is, the place where during the best time of our lives friendship had its home and happiness its headquarters."
Wallace Stegner (Crossing to Safety)
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"Home is a notion that only nations of the homeless fully appreciate and only the uprooted comprehend."
Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose)
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