Crossing to safety modern library classics wallace earle stegner on. Crossing to safety is a 1987 semiautobiographical novel by the dean of western writers, wallace stegner. Review of crossing to safety by wallace stegner the book. Hes found safety in his life with sally and the langs after a long time wondering. Crossing to safety is an oldfashioned novel about a traditional subject, friendship, and what it means in the lives of four people who experience it over several decades. Our group read stegners other novel the angle of repose before i started this blog. Crossing to safety by wallace stegner random house 368 pp. Adding to a distinguished body of work that already has earned him a pulitzer prize and the national book awardand on the 50th anniversary of the publication of his first novelstegners new book is an. By purchasing this title, you may be eligible to receive an ebook credit toward select. All the high and low notes of lifestruggling years as untenured teachers at university of wisconsin, beginning a family, traveling in europe, illness and separation.
Two couples meet during the depression years in madison, wis. He was 62 when, in 1971, he won the pulitzer for angle of repose. Crossing to safety modern library classics wallace stegner, t. Wallace earle stegner february 18, 1909 april, 1993 was an american novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called the dean of western writers. Wallace stegner writing styles in crossing to safety.
It gained broad literary acclaim and commercial popularity. Thirtyfour years after their first meeting, when larry and sally are called. Learn about some lasting friendships, book club questions, what our group thought, themes, characters and more crossing to safety by wallace stegner. Crossing to safety by wallace stegner author terry tempest williams author of introduction, etc.
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Written from the perspective of the aging larry morgan,crossing to safety is a beautiful and deeply moving exploration of the struggle of four people to come to terms with the trials and. Download crossing to safety wallace stegner jane smiley ebook. Stegner s semiautobiographical novel crossing to safety 1987 gained broad literary acclaim and commercial popularity. Crossing to safety modern library classics kindle edition by stegner, wallace, williams, terry tempest. Crossing to safety ebook king county library system. Jan 29, 2014 written from the perspective of the aging larry morgan, crossing to safety is a beautiful and deeply moving exploration of the struggle of four people to come to terms with the trials and tragedies of everyday life. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Dec 18, 2007 crossing to safety ebook written by wallace stegner.
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