Sanders, Ken, 147–50, 151, 152, 227, 311
Saner, Reg, 45–49, 57, 58, 109
background of, 48–49
writing of, 46, 47, 49, 61, 63, 65, 307, 308
San Francisco, Calif., 17
San Juan River, 185, 189, 193, 226
author’s rafting trip on, 185, 189–90, 192–94, 196–200, 204, 207–12, 226, 314
non-native species on, 192
Santa Fe, N. Mex., 184, 185, 188, 222, 288
Sarvis, Doc (char.), 180, 277
Saskatchewan, 5, 257–65
environmental damage in, 36–37
landscape of, 261–62
oil boom in, 258, 264–65
Stegner’s boyhood years in, 6, 21, 25–27, 37–38, 56, 257, 259–61, 262, 318
Stegner’s return visit to, 262–63, 318
wildlife in, 26–27, 37, 258, 261
Schramm, Wilbur, 85
Schwartz, Elena, 232–33, 234
Schwartz, Steven, 232, 233–34, 309, 316, 319
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 317
Scotland, 79–80
Scribner’s magazine, 146
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, 222
Seattle, Wash., 25, 142
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of, 216, 220, 221
Shakespeare, William, 278
Shaman Michael (Navajo rafter), 198, 207, 208, 209, 210–11, 212
Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, 264
Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center, 301
Shelton, Dick, 271, 319
Shiprock, N. Mex., 208
Sierra (Navajo rafter), 198, 209
Sierra Club, 134, 173, 174–75, 179
Sierra mountains, 41
silver, 36, 87
Simmons, Todd, 237–38
Sleight, Jane, 310
Sleight, Ken, 96–100, 109, 180, 310
Slickrock trail (Utah), 86, 89
Smith, Seldom Seen (char.), 96, 98, 180
Snyder, Gary, 176, 287, 313, 314
socialism, 19, 159
Soldier Canyon, 234
Sound of Mountain Water, The (Stegner), 60, 64, 189
South Boulder Creek, 31
South Dakota, 2, 5
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 93, 123, 309, 310, 311
Spectator Bird, The (Stegner), 230–32, 273, 274, 316, 319
Split Mountain, 118
Sports Illustrated, 173
spruce beetles, 58
Stanford University, 55, 127, 133, 138, 155, 268–69, 274, 276, 307, 308, 318
Abbey as student at, 11, 64, 304–5, 312
Creative Writing Program of, 10–11, 12, 85, 269–70, 272, 279
Stegner as teacher at, 10–11, 12, 70–71, 85, 86, 175, 268–71, 272, 273, 279, 280, 304–5, 307, 312, 318–19
State Teachers College (Pennsylvania), 219
Stegner, Allison, 155, 156, 241, 268, 271, 272, 273, 302, 313, 318
Stegner, Cecil, 25, 26, 27, 84, 140, 141, 154, 259, 260
Stegner, George, 25, 26, 27, 57, 64, 72, 73, 84, 109, 140, 145, 146, 156–57, 163, 258–59, 260, 261, 262, 265, 266, 276
abusiveness and violence of, 27, 142–43, 157, 228
“boomer” mentality of, 5, 25, 37, 131, 157, 163, 258, 265, 276
illegal ventures of, 27, 158, 163, 258–59, 262
letters of, 85, 153–54, 302, 312–13
murder-suicide of, 85, 140, 141–42, 154, 162–63, 302
as portrayed in Stegner’s writing, 5, 26, 72, 110, 142, 143–44, 154, 163, 276
Stegner as living contradiction of, 72–73, 144, 145, 154, 228
Stegner’s hatred for, 144, 156–57, 262
unmarked grave of, 140–41, 143, 145, 152, 155
Stegner, Hilda, 5–6, 25, 37, 57, 84, 140, 141, 142, 143, 263, 276
Stegner, Lynn, 155, 268–69, 271, 272, 273, 301, 308, 318
Stegner, Mary Page, 69, 84, 85, 155, 229, 262, 271, 272, 288–89, 301, 302, 308, 320
chronic sickness of, 228–29
as mother, 228, 229
Stegner, Page, 15, 85, 142, 154, 156, 228–29, 301, 308, 312, 315, 316
Stegner’s letters to, 155–56
Stegner’s relationship with, 155, 229
Stegner, Wallace, 4–6, 4, 14, 22, 32, 42, 43, 44, 45–46, 50, 53, 54, 61–62, 65, 69–70, 99, 121, 135, 143, 146, 148, 165, 175–76, 177, 184, 225, 229, 239, 271, 280–81, 282, 283, 299, 301–2, 308, 320
Abbey on, 11–12, 174
Abbey as student of, 11–12, 69, 266, 304–5, 312
Abbey’s personality and beliefs vs., 12–13, 68, 71–72, 78, 174, 195–96
on Abbey’s writing, 11, 12, 151, 155–56, 304–5, 312
as avid reader, 27, 38, 83, 158, 260
on biography as writing form, 159–61, 280, 299, 319
on Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, 10, 13, 38, 85, 270
as Briggs-Copeland lecturer, 10, 85, 270
“buttoned-up” and stiff persona of, 12, 69, 70, 71–72, 78, 156, 157, 174, 196, 280, 281
childhood of, 5–6, 18, 20–21, 25–28, 37-38, 56, 57, 72–73, 83–84, 85, 142–43, 157, 158, 228, 257, 259–61, 262, 306, 318
as critical and intimidating, 155–56
death of, 288–89
DeVoto’s influential friendship with, 38–39, 120, 127, 134, 150, 161, 275, 284, 319
environmental activism of, 5, 9, 13, 67, 121, 133–34, 173–74, 175–76, 182, 213, 221, 272, 279, 281, 308
environmental legislation and, 175, 176
“excess of moderation” in, 12, 140, 173, 174
father hated by, 144, 156–57, 262
father’s abusiveness and, 142–43
father’s letters to, 85, 153–54, 302, 312–13
first trip from east to west by, 25, 29, 306
Glen Canyon Dam and, 173–74
grudges held by, 155, 157
hippie culture disliked by, 12, 70, 71, 133, 174, 274, 279
on hostile and challenging conditions of West, 5, 30, 36, 38, 43, 44, 91, 237, 260–61, 284
intimacy with animals felt by, 26, 27
Kesey’s antipathetic relationship with, 12, 70–71, 155, 279–80, 307, 308
killing and hunting of animals by, 26–27, 37, 83
kindness and generosity of, 70, 133, 156, 196
letter for Abbey’s funeral service written by, 11, 151, 305, 312
literary influence of, 56, 57, 66–67, 72
as living contradiction of father, 72–73, 144, 145, 154, 228
Los Altos Hills home of, 70, 270, 271–73
marriage of, 69, 84, 228–29
moral code and virtue of, 12, 144, 154, 156, 190, 191, 205, 228, 229, 230–31, 279, 281, 284
Mormon culture and, 6, 158–59
nomadic boyhood years of, 5, 19, 25, 27, 37, 57, 72–73, 85, 158
physical appearance and personal style of, 11–12, 27, 28, 158
responsibility and sense of obligation in, 69, 71, 78, 84, 176, 229, 256
restraint and reason valued by, 12, 68, 70, 182, 200, 269
river rafting trips of, 196
Salt Lake City years of, 27–28, 84, 157–58
Saskatchewan homecoming visit by, 262–63, 318
self-confidence of, 46
self-perceived “weakness” of, 142–43, 144
small physique of, 27, 28, 84, 142–43, 158
son’s relationship with, 155, 229
as striving for “largeness,” 142–44, 147, 152, 154, 157-58, 161–62, 191, 280, 281, 301–2
as student, 27-28, 38, 84, 260
teaching assistantship of, 28–29, 84, 270
television interview of, 153, 307
Tempest Williams’s “koan” on Abbey vs., 68, 69, 72, 73, 159, 231, 247, 279, 308–9
tennis played by, 28, 158
at University of Utah, 28, 28
Vermont home of, 15, 155, 301, 302
West as defining of, 29
workaholic tendencies of, 5, 85, 86, 110, 145–47, 156, 176, 190, 195–96, 260, 27
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writing ambitions of, 83, 84, 85, 109, 147, 152, 154, 157–58
writing studio of, 272–73, 302
as writing teacher, 5, 10–11, 38, 51, 53, 69, 70–71, 84–85, 86, 147, 175, 196, 266, 268, 269–71, 272, 273, 279, 280, 281, 304–5, 307, 312, 318–19
Stegner, Wallace, writing of, 3, 5–6, 35, 41, 45, 56–57, 64, 65, 70, 71, 92, 109–10, 127–28, 143–47, 153, 175, 194, 200, 247–48, 273, 282, 299, 306
Abbey’s writing style and career vs., 4, 6, 8, 9–10, 68, 148–49, 183, 190–91
autobiographical elements in, 29, 85, 109, 110, 143, 144, 145–46, 154, 156, 158, 161–62, 228, 230, 263, 274, 276, 303
awards earned by, 2, 5, 109, 153, 230, 273
community and cooperation emphasized in, 6, 60, 73, 110, 158–59, 182, 200, 276, 303, 315
critical responses to, 153, 275, 315
DeVoto biography in, 5, 39, 145, 150, 161–62, 263, 273, 319
dryness and drought as themes in, 6, 9, 30, 38, 43, 44, 60, 110, 178, 260–61, 284, 303
in early years, 29, 83, 84, 85–86, 109, 132, 306
environmentalist themes in, 9, 59–60, 67, 87, 93–94, 134, 148, 173, 174–75, 176, 182, 272, 308, 313
essays in, 64, 67, 87, 146, 189, 197, 271, 303, 306, 308, 314
evolution and development of style in, 109, 110, 127, 128, 131–32, 156, 157, 263, 273–74, 275, 319
father as portrayed in, 5, 26, 72, 110, 142, 143–44, 154, 163, 276
“home” and “rootedness” as themes in, 29, 30, 55, 72, 73, 274, 276
honest assessment of western land conditions urged in, 37–38, 43, 44, 45, 60, 127, 128, 235, 237, 260, 283–84, 315
intellectual influence of, 2–3, 120, 282, 283–84
“land use” concept in, 6, 9, 36, 54, 60, 261, 315
in later years, 5, 15, 155, 156, 273, 274–76
letters of correspondence in, 11, 153, 155–56, 176, 262, 304–5, 312, 313, 314, 318
marriage and fidelity as portrayed in, 229–32
modern relevancy of, 3, 43, 59, 221, 283–84
orange notebook kept in, 159–61, 276, 280, 299, 313, 319
Powell biography in, 9, 127, 128–32
prolific outbursts in, 5, 85–86, 145–47, 271, 273
“regional” appeal of, 2, 10, 12, 152–53, 302
sampling of others’ work in, 275–76
simultaneous narratives and chronologies in, 132, 263, 275, 319
tensions between teaching and, 270–71, 273, 281, 318–19
transition to nonfiction in, 128
University of Utah papers in, 138, 153–54, 155, 159, 276, 299, 303, 313, 318, 319
unpublished autobiography in, 37, 67, 71, 146, 259–60, 303, 306, 308, 312, 313, 318
on vulnerability of western lands, 5, 13, 43, 44, 60, 127
on water as most precious resource in West, 6, 123, 126, 194, 314
western myths and romanticism dispelled in, 2, 6, 36, 37–38, 45, 95, 120, 159, 182, 200, 260–61, 306
on “wilderness ideal,” 93–94
see also specific published works
Stiles, Jim, 309
suburbanization, 271–72
tamarisk bushes, 31, 177, 204–5, 235
Temple, Eric, 304
terrorism, terrorists, 220
environmentalists labeled as, 10, 182, 216–19, 223
Testimony: Writers Speak on Behalf of Utah Wilderness (anthology), 67
Teton Range, 242
Texas, 46, 114, 115, 240
Theodore Rex (Morris), 306
This Is Dinosaur (Stegner, ed.), 67, 182
Thomas, Liz, 93, 309
Thompson, Hunter S., 8–9, 271
Thoreau, Henry David, 57, 72, 191, 221, 231, 253, 254, 286
Abbey compared to, 8, 101–2, 106–7, 172, 189, 202, 267, 285, 300
“Thoughts in a Dry Land” (Stegner), 87, 306, 314
Three Gossips (sandstone towers), 76
Thunderbird, The (UNM literary magazine), 219
Toasdza (goddess), 198
Tom (author’s friend), 30
tornadoes, 60
tourism, tourists, 5, 93–95, 108, 172, 201, 258
adventure, 74, 88
boomtowns negative effect on, 108, 118, 265
festivals and, 74, 95
in Moab, 74, 75–76, 89, 94–95
national parks and, 75–76, 77, 90, 106, 242, 251
see also recreational tourism
translocation, of threatened species, 241
Treadwell, Timothy, 243, 250–51
Trimble, Stephen, 67, 138–41, 311
Tucson, Ariz., 78, 152, 177, 206, 233, 253, 288, 300
Turner, Frederick Jackson, 38
Turner, Jack, 244, 251, 255
Twain, Mark, 131
Udall, Stewart, 174–75
Uintah Basin Technology College, 111–12
Uintah County, Utah, 111, 112
Uneasy Chair, The (Stegner), 5, 39, 145, 150, 161–62, 263, 273, 319
Updike, John, 149
Upper Colorado River Storage Project, 67
uranium, 6, 74, 87
Urrea, Luis Alberto, 75, 206–7, 284, 315
US Geological Survey, 127, 129
Utah, 5, 6, 59, 67, 86, 100, 185, 189, 208, 268, 286
Arches National Park in, see Arches National Park
Canyonlands National Park in, 89, 95, 175
landscape of, 65–66, 75, 76–77, 89, 90–92, 97, 109, 125, 138, 157, 309; see also specific parks, rivers, and canyons
mining and drilling in, 93, 100, 108, 111–19, 125–26, 283
Mormon culture in, 6, 67, 86, 158–59
San Juan River in, see San Juan River
tourism and recreation in, 74, 75–76, 89, 93–95
Utah, University of, 138–39, 143, 311
Stegner as student at, 28, 28, 84
Stegner papers at, 138, 153–54, 155, 159, 276, 299, 303, 313, 318, 319
University Guest House at, 138, 143, 147
Ute people, 125
Vail fire case, 215–17
Vail Mountain Ski Resort, 215
Vail Pass, 224–25
Vermont, 10, 15, 85, 142, 156, 228
Stegner’s house in, 15, 155, 301, 302
Vernal, Utah, 100, 108–9, 110–20, 122–23, 126, 132, 133, 264, 310–11
busts in, 115, 119
Covers & Camo shop in, 113–15
Dinosaur Brew Haus in, 115–17
economic gifts bestowed upon, 112, 119
Oil Progress Parade in, 114–15, 114
rising crime rates in, 117, 119, 310
Vienna, 219
Vietnam War, 243, 244
Walden (Thoreau), 3, 8, 101–2, 106–7, 189, 300
Walden Pond, 202, 267
Waldo Canyon fire (2012), 42
Walking It Off (Peacock), 300, 320
“Walk in the Desert Hills, A” (Abbey), 7, 303
Wallace Stegner: His Life and Work (Benson), 173–74, 300, 303, 320
Wallace Stegner and the American West (Fradkin), 300, 303, 318, 319
Wallace Stegner Centennial Fellow, 138–39, 311
Ward, Lyman (char.), 274–75, 276
Ward, Oliver and Susan (chars.), 275, 276
Wasatch Ranch, 138
Washington, DC, 41, 175
Washington Presbyterian Church, 20, 21–22, 305
Washington State, 5
waterfalls, 24, 90, 168, 170, 193, 201, 202, 208–9, 212
Watson, Paul, 222
“We Are Destroying Our National Parks” (Stegner), 173
Wesleyan University, 41
West, 1–2, 10, 13, 14, 15, 29, 51, 143, 179, 243, 252, 267, 282
Abbey’s first trips to, 10, 16–17, 22–24, 25, 49, 305
agriculture in, 6, 26, 27, 36–38, 39, 118, 123–24, 130, 236, 260
ancient ruins and petroglyphs in, 47, 91, 94, 125, 126, 170, 179
author’s first trip out, 17, 168, 224
benefits of snow vs. rain in, 4
0, 58
droughts in, 1, 6, 13, 17, 27, 30, 38, 43–45, 47, 61, 62, 123, 178, 183, 283
dryness of, 6, 9, 13, 30, 32, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46–47, 58, 60–61, 66, 90, 94, 111, 122, 124, 126, 129, 130–31, 159, 178, 201, 235, 236, 260, 284, 303, 306
dust bowls in, 27, 37, 61, 62, 261
Eastern climate and geography vs., 51, 60, 63, 130, 265, 283
exploitation of resources in, 13, 36–37, 39, 40, 74, 86, 87, 88, 111, 116, 119, 120–21, 124, 130, 135, 136, 172, 264
fires in, 1, 2, 13, 17, 33–34, 40, 42–43, 44, 45, 58, 61, 62, 234–37, 276, 306, 316
floods in, 58, 62, 67, 75, 89, 91, 130
frontier culture and “rugged individualism” in, 6, 30, 60, 72, 144, 145, 159, 182, 260, 261, 314
government expansion into, 38, 129–30
“land use” concept and, 6, 9, 36, 54, 60, 130–31, 136, 236–37, 261, 264–65, 284, 315
as literary home, 34, 101
mass desertion of ancient peoples from, 47–48
mining in, 39, 58, 74, 90, 93, 111, 112, 121, 172, 236, 261
“monsoon season” in, 66, 90
myths and romanticism of, 34, 36, 37, 39–40, 41, 49, 95, 110, 129–30, 132, 159, 182, 260–61, 306
native cultures of, 44, 46, 47–48, 123, 125, 136, 159, 201, 202, 208, 209, 210–11, 263, 315
oil drilling and fracking in, 2, 13, 40, 41, 63, 93, 100, 108, 111–19;, 122–23, 124–26, 133, 238–39, 258, 264–65, 283; see also boomtowns
outdoor living in, 30, 87
population growth in, 2, 46, 60, 74, 121, 237, 302
re-creating of selves in, 34, 49, 63
rising temperatures in, 1, 13, 32, 33–34, 40, 43, 46, 61–62, 124, 159, 235, 236
shorter winters in, 43, 58, 61, 62, 124
Stegner as dispelling myths and romanticism of, 2, 6, 36, 37–38, 45, 95, 120, 159, 182, 200, 260–61, 306
Stegner defined by, 29
Stegner’s belief in community and sharing as key to living in, 6, 60, 73, 110, 158–59, 182, 200, 276, 303, 315
Stegner’s first trip from east to, 25, 29, 306
Stegner’s intellectual influence in, 2–3, 120, 153, 283–84
tourism and recreation in, 74, 75–76, 77, 86, 87–89, 90, 93–95, 106, 108, 118, 166, 170, 172, 201, 236, 242, 251, 258, 309
violent weather extremes in, 38
water as rare and precious resource in, 6, 32, 89, 90, 91–92, 96, 123, 124, 126, 165, 178, 183, 193–94, 211, 212, 313–14
“wildness” of, 25, 88, 92, 95, 221, 252–56, 261, 286–87, 318
see also specific states, cities, and regions
western landscape, 12, 16, 24, 29–30, 31, 45, 46, 59–61, 62, 65, 76, 89–96, 137, 139, 156, 243, 271
Abbey’s descriptions of, 16–17, 19, 23, 32, 60, 78, 81–83, 103, 105, 171–72, 189, 285
beetle infestations and, 13, 58, 61, 62, 308
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