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Author Lane, L. W. (Laurence William) Jr., 1919-2010

Title The sun never sets : reflections on a western life / L.W. Bill Lane, Jr ; with Bertrand M. Patenaude ; and an Introduction by Kevin Starr
Published Stanford, California : Stanford General Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013

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Contents Columbus Day -- The masthead -- Sunset unlimited -- True west -- Ambassador Bill -- A man in motion -- Epilogue : promises to keep
Summary The Sun Never Sets tells the extraordinary story of L.W. ""Bill"" Lane, Jr., longtime publisher of Sunset magazine, pioneering environmentalist, and U.S. ambassador. Written with Stanford historian Bertrand Patenaude, this fascinating memoir traces Sunset's profound impact on a new generation of Americans seeking opportunity and adventure in the great American West. Bill Lane was a Californian whose life spanned a vital period of the state's emergence as the embodiment (or symbol) of the country's aspirations. His recollections offer readers a rich slice of the histor
Notes Includes index
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Subject Lane, L. W. (Laurence William) Jr., 1919-2010
SUBJECT Sunset -- History
Subject Publishers and publishing -- California -- Biography
Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
Ambassadors
Publishers and publishing
California
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
Author Patenaude, Bertrand M., 1956- editor.
LC no. 2012044740
ISBN 0804785643
9780804785648
0084785640
9780084785642