Table of Contents; 'Overture: The Sound of Mountain Water'

'The Rediscovery of America,' 'Packhorse Paradise,' and 'Navajo Rodeo'

'San Juan and Glen Canyon,' 'Glen Canyon Submersus,' and 'The Land of Enchantment'

'Coda: The Wilderness Letter,' 'At Home in the Fields of the Lord,' and 'Born a Square'

'History, Myth and The Western Writer,' 'The West Synthetic: Bret Harte,' and 'The West Authentic: Willa Cather'

'The West Emphatic: Bernard DeVoto,' 'The Book and the Great Community'

Title Page, Author's Note, Table of Contents, Introduction

All chapters.

This section includes manuscripts for books, short stories, and articles written by Wallace Stegner. Organized chronologically, the section begins with manuscripts, drafts, and galley proofs of Stegner's novels, essays, short story collections, histories and biographies. There are also some manuscript drafts for unpublished and untitled works. Material related to the books for which Stegner served as contributor or editor is also found here, as well as book reviews written by Stegner.