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"A can't-put-it-down modern Western." —Kirk Siegler, NPR
Longlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
The Last Cowboys is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter John Branch's epic tale of one American family struggling to hold on to the fading vestiges of the Old West. For generations, the Wrights of southern Utah have raised cattle and world-champion saddle-bronc riders—many call them the
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Torrey House Press
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2021.
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San Juan County, Utah, contains some of the most spectacular landscapes in the world, rich in natural wonders and Indigenous culture and history. But it's also long been plagued with racism, bitterness, and politics as twisted as the beckoning canyons. In 2017, en route to the Valley of the Gods with his spouse, a Colorado man closed the gate on a corral. Two weeks later, the couple was facing felony charges. Award-winning journalist Jonathan P. Thompson...
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The History Press
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2016
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From the rugged beauty and refined splendor of this vast state emerges a remarkable volume of personal recollections, narrative histories and astonishing stories. Explore the fortitude and cultural diversity behind the development of Utah through "Big Bill" Haywood, vilified by the New York Times as "the most feared figure in America." Experience compelling accounts of women bruised on the front lines of suffrage battles, enthralling stories of Chinese...
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The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colorado River, runs 730 miles and has been stopped up by dams, slaked off by irrigation, and dried up by cities. Former raft guide and environmental reporter Heather Hansman paddles the river from source to confluence to see what the experience might teach her about the present and future of water in the West.
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Utah Centennial County History Series of Sanpete County, Utah. Contents: General Introduction; The Land and Early People; Exploration and Settlement; The Scandinavian Heritage; Indian Relations; Early Government and Politics; Agriculture and Livestock; Economic and Commercial Activities; Water and the National Forest; Religion; Education; Social and Cultural Life; The Built Environment; Sanpete County in the Twentieth Century; From Homesteading to...
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Utah Centennial County History Series history of Carbon County, Utah. Contents: General Introduction; The Uniqueness of Carbon County; The Land and People Before Settlement; The Frontier and Settlement Period; Agriculture; Community and Economic Development; The Coal Industry; Mining and Disasters; Labor Activities; The Coal Camps; Cultural Diversity; Religion; Education; The College of Eastern Utah; Health Practices; Recreation; Clubs and Fraternal...
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Noel collection volume 2
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Maggie Walther feels like her world is imploding. Publicly humiliated after her husband, a local councilman, is arrested for bigamy and her subsequent divorce, she has isolated herself from the world. When her only friend insists that Maggie climb out of her hole and embrace the season to get her out of her funk, Maggie decides to put up a Christmas tree and heads off to buy one -- albeit reluctantly. She is immediately taken by Andrew, the kind,...
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Utah Centennial County History Series history of Summit County, Utah. Contents: General Introduction; Introduction; The Land; Prehistoric People, Explorers and Trappers; Mormon Settlement; The Growth of Summit County's Towns; The Settlement of Park City; Transportation; Architecture and the Built Environment; Cultural Life; Politics and Power Plays; Water Development; Living Off the Land; Nature's Buried Treasures: Mining and Oil Developmen; tPark...
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Utah Centennial County History Series history of Morgan County, Utah. Contents: General Introduction; Introduction; Pristine Valley; Trappers, Traders, and Explorers; Settlements in the Valley; Political history; Development in a Pristine Valley; Commercial Activities and Services; Communication, Transportation, and Other Services; Morgan County Religious Situations; Morgan County Schools; Public Health; Morgan Cultural and Social Life; Morgan County...
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