Stegner, Wallace 1909-1993

Overview

Works:	712 works in 2,220 publications in 6 languages and 81,267 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Domestic fiction History Western fiction Biography Biographies Psychological fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Short stories Autobiographies
Roles:	Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Other, Honoree, Creator, Contributor, Speaker, Correspondent
Classifications:	PS3537.T316, 813.52

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Wallace Stegner

Why I can't read Wallace Stegner and other essays : a tribal voice by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn( )
Where the bluebird sings to the lemonade springs : living and writing in the West by Wallace Stegner( Book )
Stegner : conversations on history and literature by Wallace Stegner( )
Surveying the interior : literary cartographers and the sense of place by Rick Van Noy( )
Wolf willow : a history, a story, and a memory of the last plains frontier by Wallace Stegner( Book )

Fiction of the forties by Chester E Eisinger( Book )
Wallace Stegner by Forrest G Robinson( Book )
Wallace Stegner and the American West by Philip L Fradkin( Book )
Wallace Stegner : his life and work by Jackson J Benson( Book )
All the wild that remains : Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West by David Gessner( Book )
Wallace Stegner : man and writer( )
The sound of mountain water by Wallace Stegner( Book )
Wallace Stegner : a study of the short fiction by Jackson J Benson( Book )
Marking the sparrow's fall : Wallace Stegner's American West by Wallace Stegner( Book )
Conversations with Wallace Stegner on Western history and literature by Wallace Stegner( Book )
A country in the mind : Wallace Stegner, Bernard De Voto, history, and the American land by John L Thomas( Book )
Wallace Stegner and the continental vision : essays on literature, history, and landscape( Book )
On the teaching of creative writing : responses to a series of questions by Wallace Stegner( Book )
Wallace Stegner by Merrill Lewis( Book )
Workshops of Empire : Stegner, Engle, and American Creative Writing During the Cold War by Eric Bennett( Book )

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Most widely held works by Wallace Stegner

Angle of repose : [a novel] by Wallace Stegner( Book )

87 editions published between 1971 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,863 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is the story of four generations in the life of an American family. A wheelchair-bound retired historian embarks on a monumental quest: to come to know his grandparents, now long dead. The unfolding drama of the story of the American West sets the tone for Stegner's masterpiece

Crossing to safety by Wallace Stegner( Book )

76 editions published between 1978 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 4,131 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Traces the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin -- a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage

The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner( Book )

83 editions published between 1938 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 2,666 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

The spectator bird by Wallace Stegner( Book )

42 editions published between 1975 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 2,647 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Retired literary agent Joe Allston passes through life as a spectator until he discovers the journals of a trip he took to his mother's birthplace years before

All the little live things by Wallace Stegner( Book )

46 editions published between 1937 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 2,611 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An Eastern couple retire to California in search of peace after the death of their wayward son, only to have their paradise shattered by painful reminders of the past

The gathering of Zion : the story of the Mormon Trail by Wallace Stegner( Book )

31 editions published between 1964 and 1992 in English and held by 2,188 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Documented historical account of the Trail, westward--from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, during the early period of Mormon migrations, 1845-1869

Collected stories of Wallace Stegner by Wallace Stegner( Book )

15 editions published between 1987 and 1994 in English and held by 2,050 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Here at last are the collected stories of one of America's most distinguished and admired writers. In addition to his honored works (Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners), Stegner is widely known as one of America's finest teachers of writing. He has taught at Harvard, Wisconsin, and Iowa and has lectured widely

Beyond the hundredth meridian: John Wesley Powell and the second opening of the West by Wallace Stegner( Book )

32 editions published between 1953 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,038 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

John Wesley Powell's contributions to the opening of the West, and to the scientific study of the nation

A shooting star by Wallace Stegner( Book )

47 editions published between 1961 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,678 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Beautiful but bored wife of a doctor who lives in idle luxury on an old estate south of San Francisco, tries to escape from herself through a series of love affairs

The American novel: from James Fenimore Cooper to William Faulkner by Wallace Stegner( Book )

22 editions published between 1964 and 1974 in English and held by 1,533 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recapitulation by Wallace Stegner( Book )

27 editions published between 1979 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,370 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this moving sequel to "Big Rock Candy Mountain", Bruce Mason returns to Salt Lake City for a family funeral and instead encounters the ghosts of his past

The uneasy chair; a biography of Bernard DeVoto by Wallace Stegner( Book )

24 editions published between 1974 and 2015 in English and held by 1,285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chronicles De Voto's private life and traces his career as a scholar and journalist

American places by Eliot Porter( Book )

20 editions published between 1981 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,152 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Here is a close look at America, with a decidly personal touch, by seasoned observers of the continent's varied human and natural history

Fifty years of the American short story : from the O. Henry awards, 1919-1970 by William Miller Abrahams( Book )

1 edition published in 1970 in English and held by 1,145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Selections from Prize stories

Mormon country by Wallace Stegner( Book )

23 editions published between 1942 and 1981 in English and held by 1,104 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of nonfiction pieces explores the history of the Mormons, and the people and places of "Mormon Country," the lands they settled

Discovery; the search for Arabian oil by Wallace Stegner( Book )

12 editions published between 1971 and 2007 in English and held by 897 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Illuminating a little-known but extremely significant period in world history--the discovery of oil in the Middle East and the beginnings of what is now the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)--this captivating history explores the birth of the Middle Eastern oil industry. From the king and his royal court to the desert guides, scientists, and mechanics who built the original oil company, Aramco, the distant and desperately poor world of Depression-era Saudi Arabia is vividly brought to life. Written more than 50 years ago, this detailed account serves as a kind of time capsule and features the author's prescient insights into the cultural and technological consequences of King Ibn Saud's deliberate decision to choose America as his commercial ally

Great American short stories by Wallace Stegner( Book )

41 editions published between 1957 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 871 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A selection of 26 stories by Faulkner, Melville, James, Poe, O'Hara, Wharton, Crane, Porter, Thurber, Anderson, Twain, Steinbeck, Welty, March, and others

Joe Hill : a biographical novel by Wallace Stegner( Book )

24 editions published between 1950 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 865 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fact is blended with fiction in this account of Joe Hill, Labor organizer and agitator

The women on the wall by Wallace Stegner( Book )

30 editions published between 1946 and 1981 in English and held by 836 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Short stories by Wallace Stegner

Remembering laughter by Wallace Stegner( Book )

18 editions published between 1937 and 2011 in English and German and held by 762 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Twenty-nine-year-old Margaret Stuart is happy to have her sister Elspeth come to live with her and her husband Alec on their prosperous Iowa farm, but when the friendship between Elspeth and Alec ripens into passion, it changes the course of the rest of all their lives

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