Joe Hill
A Biographical Novel
Wallace Stegner's remarkable portrait of Joe Hill, the man and the legend: from his entrance into the Industrial Workers of the World union, the most militant organization in the history of American labor, to his trial, imprisonment, and final martyrdom.
Blending fact with fiction, Wallace Stegner retells the story of Joe Hill--the Wobbly bard who became the stuff of legend when, in 1915, he was executed for the alleged murder of a Salt Lake City businessman. Organizer, agitator, "Labor's Songster"--a rebel from the skin inwards, with an absolute faith in the One Big Union--Joe Hill fought tirelessly in the frequently violent battles between organized labor and industry. But though songs and stories still vaunt him, and his legend continues to inspire…
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January 16, 2018Wallace Stegner (1909–1993) was the author of, among other novels, All the Little Live Things (winner of a Commonwealth Club Gold Medal), Angle of Repose (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), and The Spectator Bird (winner of the National Book Award). His nonfiction includes The Sound of Mountain Water, The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard DeVoto, and Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West. Three of his short stories won O. Henry Prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the Los Angeles Times for his lifetime literary achievements.
Joe Hill
Wallace Stegner
Recapitulation
Wallace Stegner
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Wallace Stegner
The Sound of Mountain Water
Wallace Stegner
The Spectator Bird
Wallace Stegner
The Uneasy Chair
Wallace Stegner
Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner
Collected Stories (Stegner, Wallace)
Wallace Stegner
American Places
Wallace Stegner and Page Stegner
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
John Wesley Powell
On Teaching and Writing Fiction
Wallace Stegner
Crossing to Safety
Wallace Stegner
Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs
Wallace Stegner