{"product_id":"the-big-rock-candy-mountain-paperback","title":"The Big Rock Candy Mountain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWallace Stegner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBo Mason, his wife, Elsa, and their two boys live a transient life of poverty and despair. Drifing from town to town and from state to state, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks outhis fortune--in the hotel business, on new farmland, and, eventually, in illegal rum-running through the threacherous back roads of the American Northwest. Bo chases after the promise of the American dream through Minnesota, the Dakotas, Saskatchewan, Montana, Utah and Nevada, but ultimately there is no escaping the devastating reach of the Depression and his own ruinous fate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this affecting narrative, a defining masterpiece by the \"dean of Western writers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), Wallace Stegner portrays more than three decades in the life of the Mason family as they struggle to survivle during the lean years of the early twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an introduction by Robert Stone.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWallace Stegner (1909-1993) was the author of, among other novels, \u003ci\u003eRemembering Laughter, \u003c\/i\u003e 1937; \u003ci\u003eThe Big Rock Candy Mountain, \u003c\/i\u003e1943; \u003ci\u003eJoe Hill, \u003c\/i\u003e 1950; \u003ci\u003eAll the Little Live Things, \u003c\/i\u003e 1967 (Commonwealth Club Gold Medal); \u003ci\u003eA Shooting Star, \u003c\/i\u003e 1961; \u003ci\u003eAngle of Repose, \u003c\/i\u003e 1971 (Pulitzer Prize); \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator Bird, \u003c\/i\u003e 1976 (National Book Award, 1977); \u003ci\u003eRecapitulation, \u003c\/i\u003e 1979; and \u003ci\u003eCrossing to Safety, \u003c\/i\u003e 1987. His nonfiction includes \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Hundredth Meridian, \u003c\/i\u003e 1954; \u003ci\u003eWolf Willow, \u003c\/i\u003e 1963; \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Mountain Water\u003c\/i\u003e (essays), 1969; \u003ci\u003eThe Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard DeVoto, \u003c\/i\u003e 1974; and \u003ci\u003eWhere the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West \u003c\/i\u003e(1992). Three of his short stories have won O. Henry Prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements. His \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 656\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44302608695398,"sku":"9780525435235","price":28.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/eUFVMzArbWN5SDhDM0dzZlR1bUhVQT09.webp?v=1767491739","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-big-rock-candy-mountain-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}