Wolf Willow - (Penguin Classics) by Wallace Stegner (Paperback)

Wallace Stegner's Wolf Willow is a captivating portrait of his boyhood in Cypress Hills, southern Saskatchewan, where his family homesteaded from 1914 to 1920.

This unique book weaves together fiction and nonfiction, history and impressions, childhood remembrance and adult reflections.

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Wallace Stegner, born in 1909, drew from his peripatetic youth to create vivid landscapes and characters in his work.

His literary output was tremendous, earning him the title 'The Dean of Western Letters'.

This collection of essays, Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs, was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle award.

Stegner's passion for preserving the terrain and its inhabitants led to the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act.

With integrity, energy, and ferocity, Wallace Stegner wrote and lived his life with compassion and honesty.