That letter concludes with this writer's assertion that there is a need to create a place that is a "means of reassuring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a part of the geography of hope," and appears in his book The Sound of Mountain Water.
In one book, this writer states that he has "always envied people with a hometown", and that "Home is what you can take with you." Those thoughts appear in a chapter called "At Home in the Fields of the Lord" in which this writer discusses a Mormon sanctuary. In a letter to David Pesonen, this writer suggested that Twain's "Connecticut Yankee" was overly optimistic for sending candidates from "King Arthur's kingdom" to his own "Man Factory." That letter concludes with this writer's assertion that there is a need to create a place that is a "means of reassuring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a part of the geography of hope," and appears in his book The Sound of Mountain Water. This author, whose books consider a certain location as "Living Space," may be best remembered for a novel about the retiring professor Lyman Ford. For 10 points, name this author known for his writings on the American West, the author of The Spectator Bird and Crossing to Safety.
In one book, this writer states that he has "always envied people with a hometown", and that "Home is what you can take with you."
Wallace Stegner