Wallace Stegner & the Shaping of Environmental Consciousness in the West

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Wallace Stegner & the Shaping of Environmental Consciousness in the West

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84 minutes

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Jan 28, 2009

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A distinguished panel explores the legacy of one of the West's most influential writers, who fought for protection of the region's delicate environment as well as recognition of a Western regional base and influenced generations of environmental writers.

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Jan 28, 2009

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