Renowned environmental historian Philip L. Fradkin reveals the Wallace Stegner behind the literary legacy - a generous teacher, conservationist, and man whose early landscapes shaped his life and character. Fradkin chronicles Stegner's formative years, from the raw, desolate plains of Saskatchewan and the canyonlands of Utah to California's Silicon Valley. A lifelong teacher and environmentalist, Stegner inspired countless writers and defended the wilderness against human desecration. In this biography of man, place, and century, Fradkin traces Stegner's life across its many landscapes, and shows us how this child of the fading frontier became the voice, protector, and enduring icon of the West.
- ISBN10 1400043913
- ISBN13 9781400043910
- Publish Date 12 February 2008 (first published 1 January 2008)
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 29 December 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Knopf Publishing Group
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 369
- Language English