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Historian

Wallace Stegner was an influential American historian known for his extensive research on the history of the American West. His works not only documented the pioneering journey of the American West but also profoundly reflected the relationship between humans and nature. Stegner's writing style was unique and his language beautiful, which won him great popularity among readers.

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Famous Wallace Stegner Quotes

“I consider the integrity of the material to be of greater value than any message I might want to get across.”

Want Might Values Greater Materials Integrity Messages

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“If you're going to get old, you might as well get as old as you can get.”

Ifs Wells Might Old You

Author:Wallace Stegner

“But however you might rebel, there was no shedding them. They were your responsibility and there was no one to relieve you of them. They called you Sis. All your life people called you Sis, because that was what you were, or what you became - big sister, helpful sister, the one upon whom everyone depended, the one they all came to for everything from help with homework to a sliver under the fingernail.”

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Book:Where the bluebird sings to the lemonade springs: living and writing in the West

Source: Where the bluebird sings to the lemonade springs: living and writing in the West

“We are the most dangerous species of life on the planet, and every other species, even the earth itself, has cause to fear our power to exterminate. But we are also the only species which, when it chooses to do so, will go to great effort to save what it might destroy.”

Might Earth Causes Nature Effort Dangerous Planets Species Environmental Great Effort

Author:Wallace Stegner

“We are the only species which, when it chooses to do so, will go to great effort to save what it might destroy.”

Might Nature Effort Species Conservation Great Effort Wildlife Conservation

Author:Wallace Stegner

“Are you a reader? If you aren't a reader, you might as well forget trying to be a writer.”

Ifs Trying Wells Might Forget Reader

Book:Stealing Glances: Three Interviews with Wallace Stegner

Source: Stealing Glances: Three Interviews with Wallace Stegner

About the Author

Born: February 18, 1909
Died: April 13, 1993
Known for: Historian
Quotes: 163

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