{"product_id":"great-american-short-stories-9780440330608","title":"Great American Short Stories","description":"An outstanding collection chronicling the growth of the american short story from humorous legend to powerful contempory fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors include: \u003cbr\u003eWashington Irving - Herman Melville - Mark Twain - William Faulkner - John Steinbeck - Eudaro Welty - AND MORE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWallace Stegner\u003c\/b\u003e (1909-1993) was the author of, among other novels, \u003ci\u003e All the Little Live Things\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of a Commonwealth Club Gold Medal), \u003ci\u003eAngle of Repose\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), and \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator Bird\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the National Book Award). His nonfiction includes\u003ci\u003e The Sound of Mountain Water\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard DeVoto\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West\u003c\/i\u003e. Three of his short stories won O. Henry Prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003efor his lifetime literary achievements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Stegner\u003c\/b\u003e was the wife of Wallace Stegner and his constant assistant, as well as a violinist with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra. She was Wallace's coeditor for \u003ci\u003eGreat American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and wrote the afterword for his book \u003ci\u003eRemembering Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e. She died in 2010.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872633721106,"sku":"9780440330608","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5fa9b49b-d174-4e3b-b717-9e9e0fd830da.jpg?v=1737903605","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/great-american-short-stories-9780440330608","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}