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Not just civilisations, i thought, but marriages, teams, organisations. Crossing to safety wallace stegnertempest williams. Crossing to safety by wallace stegner, paperback barnes. Wallace earle stegner february 18, 1909 april, 1993 was an american novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called the dean of western writers. Crossing to safety modern library classics wallace earle stegner on amazon. Listen to crossing to safety by wallace stegner at. Crossing to safety modern library classics kindle edition by. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Please feel free to use them, online or off, with attribution. Wallace stegners iconic novel crossing to safety to become. Since then ive read many more books by him, and this is still my favorite stegner. Wallace stegner is currently considered a single author. Wallace stegners quiet novel crossing to safety stands as a refreshing retreat in my readers history. It made a deep impression that has lingered over the years.
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