A country in the mind
Subtitle: Wallace Stegner, Bernard De Voto, history, and the American land
By: John L. Thomas.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Stegner, Wallace Earle, 1909- -- Criticism and interpretation; De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955 -- Criticism and interpretation; De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955 -- Friends and associates; Stegner, Wallace Earle, 1909- -- Friends and associates; Literature and history -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; American fiction -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism; Conservation of natural resources in literature; Wilderness areas in literature; Landscape in literature; Land use in literature; Commons -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Historiography; West (U.S.) -- In literature
Description: "John L. Thomas details an intimate portrait of the intellectual friendship between two commanding figures of western letters and the early environmental movement - Wallace Stegner and Bernard DeVoto.".

"Drawing on their writings, personal correspondence, and dozens of articles from the pages of Harper's, where DeVoto was a columnist for years, Thomas places the two men in a vibrant American tradition, supporters of a national commons owned and cared for by all its citizens.

The popular works of Wallace Stegner and Bernard DeVoto remain in print decades after they were first published, and, as Thomas makes clear in this illuminating account, their concern for the western environment continues to resonate today."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-247) and index.