Wallace Stegner
Extraordinary environments endure through the efforts of conservationists such as Wallace Stegner. In this engaging biography, readers will learn about Stegner’s childhood in the United States and Canada, his education at the University of Utah and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, his wife and son, and his work as a college professor. Readers will discover his career as an award-winning author, his involvement with the Sierra Club, and his work to prevent dams in Dinosaur National Monument. Stegner’s love of nature, in particular the West, helped launch the modern environmental movement. His long-lasting influence continues to inspire today’s green pioneers. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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Wallace Stegner
Extraordinary environments endure through the efforts of conservationists such as Wallace Stegner. In this engaging biography, readers will learn about Stegner’s childhood in the United States and Canada, his education at the University of Utah and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, his wife and son, and his work as a college professor. Readers will discover his career as an award-winning author, his involvement with the Sierra Club, and his work to prevent dams in Dinosaur National Monument. Stegner’s love of nature, in particular the West, helped launch the modern environmental movement. His long-lasting influence continues to inspire today’s green pioneers. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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Wallace Stegner

Wallace Stegner

by Joanne Mattern
Wallace Stegner

Wallace Stegner

by Joanne Mattern

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Overview

Extraordinary environments endure through the efforts of conservationists such as Wallace Stegner. In this engaging biography, readers will learn about Stegner’s childhood in the United States and Canada, his education at the University of Utah and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, his wife and son, and his work as a college professor. Readers will discover his career as an award-winning author, his involvement with the Sierra Club, and his work to prevent dams in Dinosaur National Monument. Stegner’s love of nature, in particular the West, helped launch the modern environmental movement. His long-lasting influence continues to inspire today’s green pioneers. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781624018817
Publisher: ABDO Publishing
Publication date: 01/01/2014
Series: Conservationists
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 5 MB
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

Table of Contents

The West 4

Wandering 6

Books & Sports 8

College Life 10

A New Family 12

Winning Words 14

Teaching Life 16

Dinosaur 18

The Wilderness 20

Nature Work 22

Honored Author 24

Life Well Lived 26

Timeline 28

Glossary 30

Web Sites 31

Index 32

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