The Big Rock Candy Mountain (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Stegner, Wallace

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143105787 ISBN 13: 9780143105787

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2010

Synopsis

Rare Book

About this title

Review:

"An irreplaceable classic . . . One of the great books from which we may understand America and its rise . . . It has not aged, and it seems unlikely that, as long as memory and history preserve the bringing forth of modern life on this continent, it will ever lose relevance." --Robert Stone, from the Introduction

"Stegner has felt the spell of mountain and prairie, of drought, flood, and blizzard. . . . A harrowing saga." --The New York Times

"Stands out beautifully and unforgettably." --The New Yorker

About the Author:

Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) published more than two dozen books throughout his life, including the novels Angle of Repose, which won the Pulitzer Prize; Crossing to Safety; and The Spectator Bird, which won the National Book Award. An early environmentalist, Stegner was instrumental--with his now famous "Wilderness Letter"--in the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act.

Robert Stone (introducer; 1937-2015) wrote more than ten books, including the National Book Award-winning novel Dog Soldiers and the novels Outerbridge Reach and A Flag for Sunrise.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0143105787
• ISBN 13: 9780143105787
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 639