{"product_id":"clarence-edward-dutton-wallace-stegner-9780874808650","title":"Clarence Edward Dutton: An Appraisal","description":"\"A finger smashed in a car door and a missed geology examination at the University of Utah led Wallace Stegner to a special assignment about Clarence E. Dutton, thence to John Wesley Powell, and finally in 1954 to publication of what is arguably the single best nonfiction book dealing with the American West. \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Hundredth Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e remains in print fifty-two years after its initial appearance. Not many books have survived that length of time and thrived, despite competing works on the same subject. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis combination of biography, history, and environmental primer written with the flair and the technical skill of a novelist who could masterfully evoke scenes and sustain a gripping factual narrative sprang from \u003ci\u003eClarence Edward Dutton: An Appraisal.\u003c\/i\u003e Seldom has such a classic book had such a humble beginning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStegner was a young English instructor at the University of Utah when he produced the Dutton essay. He was ambitious and desperate for recognition, a raise (he was earning $1,700 a year), and steady employment in the Depression years. The essay contains hints, in terms of style and content, of what Stegner would eventually produce. \u003ci\u003eDutton\u003c\/i\u003e was Stegner's first published work of nonfiction, and it is fair to say that it lead him, in conjunction with Bernard DeVoto's prodding, to the subject of conservation.\"\u003cbr\u003e--from the foreword \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eClarence Edward Dutton: An Appraisal\u003c\/i\u003e was first published by the University of Utah in 1936 and has since become a rarity on the antiquarian book market. It is reproduced in facsimile for this edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wallace Stegner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0874808650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874808650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Utah Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.14h x 7.74w x 0.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2006 pg. 52","brand":"Wallace Stegner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48441376702719,"sku":"9780874808650","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6bd62d95-8d0a-42b2-9206-138f2c01021a.jpg?v=1777190499","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clarence-edward-dutton-wallace-stegner-9780874808650","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}