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OverviewAn outstanding collection chronicling the growth of the american short story from humorous legend to powerful contempory fiction. Contributors include: Washington Irving • Herman Melville • Mark Twain • William Faulkner • John Steinbeck • Eudaro Welty • AND MORE! Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wallace Stegner , Mary StegnerPublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Random House USA Inc Dimensions: Width: 10.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 17.00cm Weight: 0.249kg ISBN: 9780440330608ISBN 10: 0440330602 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 01 October 1985 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationWallace Stegner (1909–1993) was the author of, among other novels, All the Little Live Things (winner of a Commonwealth Club Gold Medal), Angle of Repose (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), and The Spectator Bird (winner of the National Book Award). His nonfiction includes The Sound of Mountain Water, The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard DeVoto, and Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West. Three of his short stories won O. Henry Prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements. Mary Stegner was the wife of Wallace Stegner and his constant assistant, as well as a violinist with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra. She was Wallace’s coeditor for Great American Short Stories and wrote the afterword for his book Remembering Laughter. She died in 2010. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |