The Big Rock Candy Mountain (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Wallace Stegner
- First Published: 1943
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: 1905-1932
- 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
Places Discussed
Whitemud. Canadian town, based on the real town of Eastend, in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, where Stegner lived for about five years when he was a boy. The real town’s name derives from its location near the eastern end of the Cypress Hills, a prominent geographical feature that lies parallel to the U.S.-Canada boundary. In the fictional Whitemud and at a nearby wheat-farming homestead used only during the growing season, the Mason family has its only long-lasting home and experience of community.
The family’s Whitemud home is a two-story,...
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