{"product_id":"the-sound-of-mountain-water-the-changing-american-west-paperback","title":"The Sound of Mountain Water: The Changing American West - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWallace Stegner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA book of timeless importance about the American West and a modern classic by National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Wallace Stegner. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essays, memoirs, letters, and speeches collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Mountain Water \u003c\/i\u003eencompass memoir, nature conservation, history, geography, and literature. Compositions delve into the post-World War II boom that brought the Rocky Mountain West--from Montana and Idaho to Utah and Nevada--into the modern age. Other works feature eloquent sketches of the West's history and environment, directing our imagination to the sublime beauty of such places as Robbers Roost and Glen Canyon. A final section examines the state of Western literature, of the mythical past and the diminished present, and analyzesd the difficulties facing any contemporary Western writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten over a period of twenty-five years, a time in which the West witnessed rapid changes to its cultural and natural heritage, and by a writer and thinker who will always hold a unique position in modern American letters, \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Mountain Water\u003c\/i\u003e is a hymn to the Western landscape, an affirmation of the hope emobided therein, and a careful and rich investigation of the West's complex legacy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWallace Stegner (1909-1993) was the author of, among other novels, \u003ci\u003eRemembering Laughter, \u003c\/i\u003e 1937; \u003ci\u003eThe Big Rock Candy Mountain, \u003c\/i\u003e1943; \u003ci\u003eJoe Hill, \u003c\/i\u003e 1950; \u003ci\u003eAll the Little Live Things, \u003c\/i\u003e 1967 (Commonwealth Club Gold Medal); \u003ci\u003eA Shooting Star, \u003c\/i\u003e 1961; \u003ci\u003eAngle of Repose, \u003c\/i\u003e 1971 (Pulitzer Prize); \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator Bird, \u003c\/i\u003e 1976 (National Book Award, 1977); \u003ci\u003eRecapitulation, \u003c\/i\u003e 1979; and \u003ci\u003eCrossing to Safety, \u003c\/i\u003e 1987. His nonfiction includes \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Hundredth Meridian, \u003c\/i\u003e 1954; \u003ci\u003eWolf Willow, \u003c\/i\u003e 1963; \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Mountain Water\u003c\/i\u003e (essays), 1969; \u003ci\u003eThe Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard DeVoto, \u003c\/i\u003e 1974; and \u003ci\u003eWhere the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West \u003c\/i\u003e(1992). Three of his short stories have won O. Henry Prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements. His \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978504175917,"sku":"9780525435433","price":20.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/MG9iT0RxTmNPeGxRNEhiL2MvTEd4UT09.webp?v=1775805518","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-sound-of-mountain-water-the-changing-american-west-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}