Author: wallacestegner
From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author: In the early 1900s, troubled Bo Mason ferries his wife and sons across a changing America as he seeks his fortune… “Stands out beautifully and unforgettably” (The New Yorker).
Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams Afterword by T. H. Watkins Called a “magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom” by Howard Frank Mosher in The Washington Post Book World, Crossing to Safety has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of … lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage.more
Winner of the National Book Award! Joe Allston, a retired literary agent, goes on an emotional journey to his mother’s birthplace in Denmark in a novel both “elegant and entertaining” (The Atlantic).
A “brilliant” Pulitzer Prize winner (Los Angeles Times): Retired historian Lyman uncovers the truth about his own life as he chronicles the story of his pioneer grandparents and their adventures on the frontier. “Masterful… Reading it is an experience to be treasured” (The Boston Globe).