The Spectator Bird

Wallace Earle Stegner (1909–1993) was an American novelist, short story writer, historian, and environmentalist, often called "The Dean of Western Writers," born in Lake Mills, Iowa, and raised across the American West and Saskatchewan. (1976). wallacestegner.org Notable works include Crossing to Safety, The Big Rock Candy Mountain, and nonfiction like Beyond the Hundredth Meridian.