Explore the life of of the acclaimed writer Wallace Segner, conservationist and teacher, and celebrate the 2009 centennial of his birth.
Check local listings for broadcast times in your area.This film is a portrait of the conservationist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner. He was many things: teacher, historian and environmentalist but, above all, Wallace Stegner was a writer. Considered by many to be the Dean" of western writers, he was a Pulitzer Prize- winning novelist and non-fiction author, with more than thirty full-length works and countless essays addressing the landscape, humankind's footprint and the evolution of a region and nation. Award-winning producer John Howe has captured the tremendous influence Stegner has been on the lives of generations of readers and students. " (CC, Stereo)
(Saturday, 9 a.m.)
Wallace Stegner
