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The sound of mountain water

The sound of mountain water

Wallace Stegner · 1969 · 286 pages

In literatureWest (U.S.) in literatureDescription and travelSocial life and customsStegner, Wallace Earle, 1909-1993West (u.s.)

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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.

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