| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
818.54 Ste |
| Item number |
47 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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5587 |
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5587 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
818.54 Ste |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Stegner, Wallace frey50 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The sound of mountain water |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Wallace Stegner |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Doubleday & Company, Inc. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1969 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Garden City, NY |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
286 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
pt. 1. Overture: the sound of mountain water -- The rediscovery of America: 1946 -- Packhorse paradise -- Navajo rodeo -- San Juan and Glen Canyon -- The land of enchantment -- Coda: wilderness letter -- pt. 2. At home in the fields of the Lord -- Born a square -- History, myth, and the Western writer -- On the writing of history -- Three samples: The West synthetic: Bret Harte ; The West authentic: Willa Cather ; The West emphatic: Bernard DeVoto -- The book and the great community. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
A collection of essays by the renowned author, written over a period of twenty-five years, presents sketches of the West's history and environment, directing our imagination to the sublime beauty of such places as San Juan and Glen Canyon, while examining the state of literature of the American West, the mythical past versus the diminished present, and the difficulties facing the contemporary Western writer. |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Stegner, Wallace |
| Dates associated with a name |
1909-1993 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Description and travel |
| Location of event |
West (U.S.) |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
West (U.S.) |
| Chronological subdivision |
In literature |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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AJML |
| Koha item type |
sw 800 - 899 |
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818.54 Ste |
| 961 WL - |
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47 |