Elliott West
听If You Go
Date: April听25, 2013
Time:听6:30 PM
Where:听Hale 270
2013 Wallace Stegner Recipient
The Center of the American West is proud to announce the 2013 Wallace Stegner Award Winner: Western American Historian and Author, Elliott West.
鈥淓lliott West is the best historian of the American West writing today.鈥 鈥 Richard White
Each year, the Center of the American West presents the Wallace Stegner Award to an individual who has have faithfully and evocatively depicted the spirit of the American West. Elliott West, who received his doctorate from the University of Colorado, is author of six books, most recently听The Essential West:听 Collected Essays听(2012). His book,听The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story听(2009) is one of three of his books to receive the Western Heritage Award and two to win the Western History Association鈥檚 Caughey Prize. His book,听The Contested Plains听(1998), received six national awards, including the PEN-West Award as the year鈥檚 best non-fiction book, and the Francis Parkman Prize as the outstanding book in American history. It is considered a classic in the field.
This event is made possible by the generosity of Al and Carol Ann Olson.