Harry Carey, Jr. on Working with John Ford

Stegner died in 1993. A new edition of his collected stories will be published in June. His novels and essays are often based in the West where he grew up and lived for many years. He started the creative writing program at Stanford University in California, which he ran for 26 years. His last book of essays, published in 1992, is called Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Spring. (Rebroadcast).

Conway's 1987 book looks at the wide expanse of public lands in the West and how the myths of the west - cowboys, gunslingers, gold miners - are enduring. (Rebroadcast)

Rock historian Ed Ward remembers the Elvis contemporary and label-mate.