Amazon.com description: Product Description: When Converstaion With Wallace Stegner was first published nearly ten years ago it was immediately hailed as a classic. In this revised edition, Stegner reacts to the changes that flooded over the American West in the 1980s. Stegner comments on sweeping environmental and socio-economic innovations as well as on notable transitions in western American literature. Equally revealing are the backgrounds and interpretations Stegner supplies on his recent work. Finally, he summarizes what he considers his major contributions to western environmentalism and culture. All those interested in the American West and Stegner's remarkable career are sure to find this revised edition intriguing and rewarding fare.