WallaceStegnerisaniconicwesternwriter.Hisworksoffiction,includingthePulitzerPrize-winningAngleofReposeandBigRockCandyMountain,aswellashisnonfictionbooksandessaysintroducedthebeautyandcharacteroftheAmericanWesttothousandsofreaders.WallaceStegner’sUnsettledCountryassesseshislife,work,andlegacyinlightofcontemporaryissuesandcrises.AlongwithStegner’sachievements,thecontributorsshowhowhisfailuresofferequallycrucialwaystoassessthepast,present,andfutureoftheregion.Drawingfromhistory,literature,philosophy,law,geography,andparkmanagement,thecontributorsconsiderStegner’sracialliberalismandregionalvision,hisgenderedviewoftheworld,hisunderstandingsofconservationandtheenvironment,hispersonalexperienceofeconomiccollapseandpoverty,hisyearningforcommunity,andhisabidingattachmenttotheWest.WallaceStegner’sUnsettledCountryisaneven-handedreclamationofStegner’senduringrelevancetoanyoneconcernedabouttheAmericanWest’suncertainfuture.
