A country in the mind

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"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.

subjects: Historiography,  Land use in literature,  Friends and associates,  Literature and history,  Wilderness areas in literature,  Landscape in literature,  Conservation of natural resources in literature,  Criticism and interpretation,  Commons,  History and criticism,  American fiction,  In literature,  History,  Landscapes in literature,  Literature,  Friendship,  American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century,  West (u.s.), in literature,  Roman américain,  Histoire et critique,  Conservation des ressources naturelles dans la littérature,  Réserves de la vie sauvage dans la littérature,  Paysages dans la littérature,  Utilisation du sol dans la littérature,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  American,  General

People: Bernard Augustine De Voto (1897-1955),  Wallace Earle Stegner (1909-)

Places: West (U.S.)

Times: 20th century