Finally, it channels his experience as a novelist because, well, it's simply an awesome book. Second, it channels his experience as an environmentalist, as the novel is steeped in beautiful natural imagery and sophisticated environmentalist views. First, it channels his experience as a historian, as it covers-in detail-roughly 100 years of American history. In other words, he's exactly the kind of dude you're hoping to find on Tinder.Īngle of Repose actually blends all three of Stegner's passions.
Stegner was actually a renaissance man in his time: he was a historian, novelist, and one of the founders of the American environmentalist movement. Published in 1971, Angle of Repose is widely seen as Stegner's masterpiece-the thing won a gosh-darned Pulitzer Prize, after all.
To find the market value for this book, click on the pre-filled eBay, AbeBooks, or Biblio links to the right and look for comparable listings that have all of these first edition points.What happens when you cross a cowboy movie, a book on American history, and the nastiest episode of The Jerry Springer Show you've ever seen? Well, you get Wallace Stegner's novel Angle of Repose, of course. Later issue dust jackets have a blue sticker on the front that says "Winner 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction".Īngle of Repose book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The dust jacket lacks reviews and any mention of the book of the month club. Dust jacket has a photo of the author by Alex Gotfryd on rear. However we have seen this code on all first editions we have examined, so we are not convinced that this is a first edition point.
There is a possible first issue where a gutter code of "M4" is printed on the last page (page 569). Boards are light green cloth with gold lettering on the spine and front, and with blind-stamped wreath also on the front. "FIRST EDITION" is stated on copyright page, and 1971 is found on the title page.
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