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Angle of Repose

by Wallace Stegner · 1971

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Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery—personal, historical, and geographical. Confined to a wheelchair, retired historian Lyman Ward sets out to write his grandparents' remarkable story, chronicling their days spent carving civilization into the surface of America's western frontier. But his research reveals even more about his own life than he's willing to admit. What emerges is an enthralling portrait of four generations in the life of an American family.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiswesternwesternMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
American historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisAmerican WestAmerican WestMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 569 pages

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