Angle of repose
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Penguin Books, 2000.
ISBN:
0141185473, 9780141185477, 9780141188003, 0141188006
Physical Desc:
xxx, 557 pages ; 20 cm.
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Points: 35
Lexile measure:
1020L
Status:
Description
The author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is the story of four generations in the life of an American family. Lyman Ward, a retired professor of history and author of books about the Western frontier, returns to his ancestral home of Grass Valley, California, in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Wheelchair bound with a crippling bone disease and dependent on others for his every need, he is nonetheless embarking on a search of monumental proportions: to rediscover his grandmother, now long dead, who made her own journey to Grass Valley nearly a hundred years earlier. Like other great quests in literature Ward's investigation leads him deep into the dark shadows of his own life. -- From back cover.
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Basalt Fiction
F STE
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Sep 16, 2024
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PS3537 .T316 A8 2000b
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Apr 23, 2022
CMU Main Books 3rd Floor
PS3537.T316 A8 2000
Due Jan 10, 2025
GCP Carbon Fiction
FIC STE ANG
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Apr 25, 2024
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Ste
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813 STE
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Format:
Book
Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.9, 35 Points
Level 6.9, 35 Points
Lexile measure:
1020
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page xxix-xxx).
Description
The author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is the story of four generations in the life of an American family. Lyman Ward, a retired professor of history and author of books about the Western frontier, returns to his ancestral home of Grass Valley, California, in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Wheelchair bound with a crippling bone disease and dependent on others for his every need, he is nonetheless embarking on a search of monumental proportions: to rediscover his grandmother, now long dead, who made her own journey to Grass Valley nearly a hundred years earlier. Like other great quests in literature Ward's investigation leads him deep into the dark shadows of his own life. -- From back cover.
Awards
Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 1972.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Stegner, W. (2000). Angle of repose. New York, Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993. 2000. Angle of Repose. New York, Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993, Angle of Repose. New York, Penguin Books, 2000.
MLA Citation (style guide)Stegner, Wallace. Angle of Repose. New York, Penguin Books, 2000.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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