{"product_id":"the-sound-of-mountain-water-the-changing-american-west-1","title":"The Sound of Mountain Water: The Changing American West","description":"A book of timeless importance about the American West and a modern classic by National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Wallace Stegner.\n\n\"Stegner catches the paradoxical essence of American civilzation.\" —Choice\n\nThe essays, memoirs, letters, and speeches collected in The Sound of Mountain Water encompass memoir, nature conservation, history, geography, and literature. Compositions delve into the post-World War II boom that brought the Rocky Mountain West--from Montana and Idaho to Utah and Nevada--into the modern age. Other works feature eloquent sketches of the West's history and environment, directing our imagination to the sublime beauty of such places as Robbers Roost and Glen Canyon. A final section examines the state of Western literature, of the mythical past and the diminished present, and analyzesd the difficulties facing any contemporary Western writer.\n\nWritten over a period of twenty-five years, a time in which the West witnessed rapid changes to its cultural and natural heritage, and by a writer and thinker who will always hold a unique position in modern American letters, The Sound of Mountain Water is a hymn to the Western landscape, an affirmation of the hope emobided therein, and a careful and rich investigation of the West's complex legacy.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0525435433\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0525435433.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Stegner, Wallace\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41448758214714,"sku":"DBV.0525435433.G","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0525435433-0_e1ec79d5-ffe1-4daa-9544-072904908ff5.jpg?v=1780866656","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-sound-of-mountain-water-the-changing-american-west-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}