Jackson J Benson

Under the Big Sky

A Biography of A. B. Guthrie Jr.

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Produktbeschreibung

Jackson J. Benson is an emeritus¿professor of English¿at San Diego State University. He is the author of several books, including The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer: A Biography; The Ox-Bow Man: A Biography of Walter Van Tilburg Clark; and Wallace Stegner: His Life and Work (available in a Bison Books edition).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780803222861
• ISBN-10: 0803222866
• Artikelnr.: 26015544

Autorenporträt

Jackson J. Benson is an emeritus professor of American literature at San Diego State University and the author of ten books. Among them are five biographies of Western writers, including The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer, which won the PEN USA award for nonfiction, and Wallace Stegner: His Life and Work, which won the Evans Biography Award, and is available in a Bison Books edition. He and his wife live part of the year in La Mesa, California, and part in a cabin in the Sierras.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. "By George, I'm Free!"    
2. A Smart Aleck and a Wise Guy    
3. Alone in a Small and Self-Contained City    
4. Marriage, Family, and Separation
5. The First Novel and Plans for the Big One   
6. The Big Break--the Nieman Fellowship  
7. The Big Sky Triumph and Tracking The Way West     
8. To Hollywood and Shane and the Move to Montana    
9. Bucking the Myth: These Thousand Hills
10. Down in the Dumps--Drink and Divorce 
11. Living with Janie and Courting Carol 
12. The Old Man and the Young Woman Wed  
13. Arfive, and Speaking to the Young--Earth Day
14. The Twin Lakes Imbroglio and Building the "Barn" 
15. "What Happened to Boone?"
16. Fair Land, Fair Land: The End of the Trail 
Afterword: Fishing the Pishkun 
Notes and Documentation
Index