false 10801 6 Bo Mason and his wife and two boys live a transient life of poverty and despair; drifting from town to town, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks his fortune. Stegner has created a masterful, harrowing saga of a family trying to survive during the lean years of the early 20th century. 1105171 1943 The Big Rock Candy Mountain (Contemporary American Fiction) total:686|5:194|4:297|3:161|2:33|1:1| 686 2708 1021 105 4 3 false false Mon Jul 23 10:33:26 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 11:03:15 -0700 2007
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in a grapes of wrath kind of way, this book is all about making it, and after being introduced to bo and his radiant energy and ambition, it feels promising. about fifty pages in, you realize that the book is only about struggle and that ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 24 22:16:07 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 22:20:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 02:19:17 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 04:42:11 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 11:11:50 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 06:34:40 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 10 17:57:50 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 18:05:52 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jun 06 19:00:21 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 19:06:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 05:59:17 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 04:46:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Tue Jan 27 13:25:15 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 13:25:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 16:49:22 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 16:55:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 12:24:16 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 12:14:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sun Oct 26 23:36:47 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 23:37:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 12:27:09 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 13:07:00 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false true Thu Jul 31 22:04:35 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 07:35:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 15:40:04 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 10:46:01 -0700 2008
There's nothing earth-shaking here. Nothing monumental. No bombastic trau...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 14:55:32 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 12:45:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=10801