The sound of mountain water
by Stegner, Wallace frey50
Published by : Doubleday & Company, Inc. (Garden City, NY) , 1969 Physical details: 286 p.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sw 800 - 899 | 818.54 Ste (Browse shelf) | Available | 36367 |
pt. 1. Overture: the sound of mountain water -- The rediscovery of America: 1946 -- Packhorse paradise -- Navajo rodeo -- San Juan and Glen Canyon -- The land of enchantment -- Coda: wilderness letter -- pt. 2. At home in the fields of the Lord -- Born a square -- History, myth, and the Western writer -- On the writing of history -- Three samples: The West synthetic: Bret Harte ; The West authentic: Willa Cather ; The West emphatic: Bernard DeVoto -- The book and the great community.
A collection of essays by the renowned author, written over a period of twenty-five years, presents sketches of the West's history and environment, directing our imagination to the sublime beauty of such places as San Juan and Glen Canyon, while examining the state of literature of the American West, the mythical past versus the diminished present, and the difficulties facing the contemporary Western writer.