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Bo Mason, his wife, Elsa, and their two boys live a transient life of poverty and despair. Drifting from town to town and from state to state, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks out his fortune - in the hotel business, in new farmland and eventually, in illegal rum-running through the treacherous back roads of the American Northwest.
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"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"
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-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"
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.
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- PublisherUnited Nations Univ
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 9280801546
- ISBN 13 9789280801545
- BindingPaperback
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