Among the novels are, The Big Rock Candy Mountain, 1943 Joe Hill, 1950 All The Little Live Things, 1967 (Commonwealth Club Gold Medal) Angle of Repose, 1972 (Pulitzer Prize) The Spectator Bird, (National Book Award), 1977 Recapitulation, 1979 Collected Stories, 1990, and Crossing to Safety, 1987. Wallace Stegner was born on Februin Lake Mills, Iowa. "It is a book about what one man has taught us, by his example, about the accountable life a book about what it means to be a responsible, loving, thoughtful, constituent of the human race. In The Geography of Hope, A Tribute to Wallace Stegner, written by his friends, colleages, and his son, Page Stegner, we sense a far greater resonance than a mere collection of memorial applause.
The event was moderated by David Randall, Director of Research at the National Association of Scholars.Wallace Stegner once said about his writing, "In fiction I think we should have no agenda but to tell the truth." Stegner's prose has inspired generations of Americans to seek their own truth.
This event featured Matthew Stewart, Humanities Teacher at The Ambrose School and author of The Most Beautiful Place on Earth: Wallace Stegner in California Jenn Ladino, Professor of English at the University of Idaho and Richard Etulain, Professor Emeritus of History and former director of the Center for the American West at the University of New Mexico. View the recording of our June 1 webinar to find out. What makes Angle of Repose a "great American novel?" What does Stegner's writing tell us about the nature of place and the importance of understanding one's history? In what ways is Angle of Repose relevant for readers today? When we look back on our lives, will we find ourselves "settled" or will we still be striving for success or subsistence? In Wallace Stegner's 1971 novel, Angle of Repose, an armchair historian attempts to write a biography of his grandparents on the American frontier and by doing so, reflect on his own life.
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