An intimate biography of Utah's foremost historian For nearly a century, the Mountain Meadows Massacre was one of the American West's most carefully managed silences. Then Juanita Brooks told the truth. Born into the founding families of Mormonism, Brooks was a devout believer, mother, schoolteacher, folklorist, and historian. From her kitchen ......
Inaugural volume in the new series Transregional Middle Easts Istanbul Unbound offers a timely and urgent rethinking of one of the world's most storied urban centers through an environmental lens. As Istanbul faces mounting ecological pressures--from the recently proclaimed "death" of the Marmara Sea to deforestation driven by ......
Inaugural volume in the new series Transregional Middle Easts Istanbul Unbound offers a timely and urgent rethinking of one of the world's most storied urban centers through an environmental lens. As Istanbul faces mounting ecological pressures-from the recently proclaimed "death" of the Marmara Sea to deforestation driven by ......
The Xinkan language family is the only pre-colonial, non-Mayan language group in Mesoamerica. This is a truly multilingual dictionary, offering forms, functions, and information in four Xinkan languages (Chiquimulilla, Guazacapan , Jumaytepeque, and Yupiltepeque), Spanish, and English, alongside brief grammar sketches in both English and Spanish. ......
Clearcutting and the Struggle for Sustainable Forestry in the Northern Rockies
Winner of the Wallace Stegner Prize in American Environmental or Western History Frederick Swanson tells the story of Guy M. Brandborg and his impact on the practices of the U.S. Forest Service. As supervisor of Montana's Bitterroot National Forest from 1935 to 1955, Brandborg engaged in a management style that promoted not only the well-being ......
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Cass Hite was a well-known prospector in the Glen Canyon area of southern Utah. He lived as a recluse yet knew most of the river runners, trekkers, cowboys, and Native Americans that passed through the region. He often wrote to newspapers and was in turn sought out by reporters for his vibrant comments. Hite ......
On December 2, 1982, the fully mechanical Jarvik-7 heart was placed inside Barney Clark, culminating years of painstaking research and making medical history by successfully pumping Clark's blood for 112 days. True Valor takes an in-depth look at this significant event by telling the story of the doctors and researchers involved, of Barney Clark, ......
Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) was born near Lake Mills, Iowa, and grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada; Great Falls, Montana; and Salt Lake City. He spent nearly twenty years in Salt Lake, from 1921 to 1937, and attended East High School and the University of Utah. He later taught at the University of Wisconsin, Harvard, and Stanford. As he was later to ......
Revealing Pawnee history through archaeology and oral tradition From approximately 1750 to 1803, Riverbend City was occupied by the Kitkahahki and other South Band Pawnees. Identified through oral tradition and genealogical research, Riverbend City refers to a significant Pawnee community living along a bend of the Dirty Water (Republican) River ......
