Angle of repose / Wallace Stegner ; with an introduction by Jackson J. Benson.

Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993 (Author).

Summary:

Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is the story of four generations in the life of an American family. A wheelchair-bound retired historian embarks on a monumental quest: to come to know his grandparents, now long dead. The unfolding drama of the story of the American West sets the tone for Stegner's masterpiece. Four generations in the life of an American family are chronicled as retired historian Lyman Ward, confined to a wheelchair, decides to write his grandparent's history. The Pulitzer Prize-winning classic has been selected by the board of the Modern Library as one of the best hundred novels of the 20th century.

Record details

ISBN: 0141185473
ISBN: 9780141185477
ISBN: 0679603387
Physical Description: xxx, 557 pages ; 20 cm.
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxx).
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction / by Jackson J. Benson -- Suggestions for further reading -- pt. 1. Grass Valley -- pt. 2. New Almaden -- pt. 3. Santa Cruz -- pt. 4. Leadville -- pt. 5. Michoacán -- pt. 6. On the bough -- pt. 7. Canyon -- pt. 8. Mesa -- pt. 9. Zodiac Cottage.
Target Audience Note:	1020L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.9 35 10829.