Stegner, Wallace 1909-1993

Overview

Works:	755 works in 2,358 publications in 6 languages and 82,040 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Domestic fiction Biographies Western fiction History Psychological fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Short stories Autobiographies Interviews
Roles:	Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Other, Speaker, Honoree, Contributor, Creator, 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 and the American West by Philip L Fradkin( Book )
Wallace Stegner by Forrest G Robinson( 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 )

89 editions published between 1971 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,874 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 )

84 editions published between 1978 and 2020 in 3 languages and held by 4,170 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of two American couples, one from the East and one from the West, who form a fast and lifelong friendship during the mid-thirties of the Depression

The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner( Book )

86 editions published between 1938 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 2,664 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. Stagner has created a masterful, harrowing saga of a family trying to survive the lean years of the early 20th century

The spectator bird by Wallace Stegner( Book )

43 editions published between 1975 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 2,658 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 )

39 editions published between 1937 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 2,608 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 )

33 editions published between 1964 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,185 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 )

17 editions published between 1987 and 1994 in English and held by 2,033 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

A shooting star by Wallace Stegner( Book )

48 editions published between 1961 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,680 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 )

31 editions published between 1964 and 1974 in English and held by 1,530 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The chapters in this book were originally oral presentations circulated over the Voice of America broadcasting system. They are essays about novels and novelists who represented many facets of American life and thought

Recapitulation by Wallace Stegner( Book )

27 editions published between 1979 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,362 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 )

23 editions published between 1974 and 2015 in English and held by 1,307 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 1,151 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 1,138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Selections from Prize stories

Mormon country by Wallace Stegner( Book )

22 editions published between 1942 and 1981 in English and held by 1,096 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

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

1 edition published in 1954 in English and held by 1,088 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

26 editions published between 1950 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 888 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

13 editions published between 1971 and 2007 in English and held by 874 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 )

43 editions published between 1957 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 864 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

The women on the wall by Wallace Stegner( Book )

34 editions published between 1946 and 1981 in English and French and held by 845 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Short stories by Wallace Stegner

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

31 editions published between 1953 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 784 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This book goes far beyond biography, into the nature and soul of the American West. It is Stegner at his best, assaying an entire era of our history, packing his pages with insights as shrewd as his prose."--Ivan Doig; back cover

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