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Jackson J Benson
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Jackson J. Benson
Author of The Big Sky series, The Way West, and the screenplay for Shane, among other timeless stories of frontier mountain men, A.B. Bud Guthrie Jr. brought blazing realism to…
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In a career spanning more than fifty years, Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) emerged as the greatest contemporary author of the American West - writing more than two dozen works of history…
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Details the life and work of a true giant on the Western literary landscape - A.B. Bud Guthrie Jr., author of The Big Sky series, The Way West, and the…
Wallace Stegner is one of the finest American writers, teachers and environmentalists of the 20th century. In these in-depth essays, Stegner’s biographer continues to explore various aspects of his career…
In 1968, Benson set out to write a critical appraisal of John Steinbeck. He found it turning into an authorized biography: this is an account of his experiences over the…
Walter Van Tilburg Clark, author of the classic novel The Ox-Bow Incident , was one of the important writers of the twentieth century. This work is an examination of a…
Demonstrates that even in the short novels there is more depth and sophistication than has generally been acknowledged
This collection is a strong companion to Benson’s first collection. It brings a wealth of material not easily available together with a number of important new essays. The wind direction…
Drawing on Steinbeck’s papers and photographs, and scores of interviews, Benson explores the influences that contributed to Steinbeck’s archetypal sense of American culture and his controversial concerns. An in-depth study…
Series Editors: Gary Scharnhorst, University of New Mexico and Eric Haralson, State University of New York, Stony Brook. This is the only series to provide in-depth critical introductions to major…
Wallace Stegner
Tells the story of Lyman Ward, a retired professor of history and author of books about the Western frontier, who returns to his ancestral home in the Sierra Nevada. Wheelchair-bound…
John Steinbeck
This is a unique selection of nonfiction work by the quintessential American writer.
