The Big Rock Candy Mountain (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Wallace Stegner
- First Published: 1943
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: 1905-1932
- Setting: North Dakota, Washington, Saskatchewan, Montana, Utah, and Nevada
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Blizzards, Family or family life, United States or Americans, Parents and children, Twentieth century, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, West, U.S., Canada or Canadians, Baseball
- Locales: North Dakota, Salt Lake City, UT, Washington, Saskatchewan, Canada, Great Falls, MT, Nevada
Characters Discussed
Harry “Bo” Mason, a bootlegger, a man who is always looking for greener pastures. When Elsa Norgaard first meets him, he is running an illegal bar in North Dakota. Although he can be charming, he has a nasty temper and sometimes becomes violent. He falls in love with Elsa and marries her. He is energetic but impatient. Simply earning a living is not enough; he wants to make a fortune quickly. When one plan does not work out, he moves his family somewhere else. the longest the Mason family stays in one place is the five years they spend homesteading in...
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