Sound of Mountain Water : The Changing American West

A book of timeless importance about the American West by a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prizewinning author.The essays collected in this volumeencompass memoir, nature conservation, history, geography, and literature. Delving into the post-World War II boom that brought the Rocky Mountain WestfromMontana and Idaho to Utah and Nevadainto the modern age, Stegner's essays explore the essence of the American soul. Writtten over a period of thirty-five years by a writer and thinker who will always hold a unique position in modern American letters, The Sound of Mountain Wateris a modern American classic.