Angle of Repose (Contemporary American Fiction)

by Wallace Earle Stegner

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Stegner s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of personal, historical, and geographic discovery Confined to a wheelchair, retired historian Lyman Ward sets out to write his grandparents' remarkable story, chronicling their days spent carving civilization into the surface of America's western frontier. But his research reveals even more about his own life than he's willing to admit. What emerges is an enthralling portrait of four generations in the life of an American family. "Cause for celebration . . . A superb novel with an amplitude of scale and richness of detail altogether uncommon in contemporary fiction." "The Atlantic Monthly" "Brilliant ....Read more
  • ISBN10 038507882X
  • ISBN13 9780385078825
  • Publish Date 1 March 1971
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 18 March 2014
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Doubleday Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Language English
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