The Big Rock Candy Mountain (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
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
- Principal Characters: Harry (Bo) Mason, Elsa (Norgaard) Mason, Chester (Chet), Bruce, Laura Betterton
- 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
The Story:
After her mother died and her father married her best friend, Elsa Norgaard, not yet nineteen, left her home in Minnesota to live with her uncle in Hardanger, North Dakota. In 1905, Hardanger was a little town on the edge of the frontier. There she met Harry Mason, better known as Bo, who ran a combination bowling alley, pool hall, and blind pig (an illegal bar).
Several years older than Elsa, Bo had run away from his abusive father when he was fourteen. Restless and ambitious, he was looking for a place that was just opening up where he could make his...
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