Utah Books

A great book for exploring SE Utah by car, it is well researched, accurate and full of great advice and descriptions of what to find literally mile by mile and tenth by tenth.

If you are only buying one book for travelling south east Utah and exploring by auto this is the one to buy.

Black and White photos that show perfectly what to expect at each location, detailed and accurate maps of roads, trails and waypoints, campgrounds and facilities in each location and along the routes, good background information combined with accurate and in depth descriptions of most of the roads and two tracks in the region makes this a book you will want your 'navigator' to have open on their lap while you are driving.

Pull over often and read the descriptions and information at each milepost and you'll get more from one 50 mile ride than you would get from a month of being here without this book.

This is not a hiking book and the trail descriptions are not a Hikers Guide, so if you are a hiker you will want to pick up other books as well, but this book makes it a piece of cake to find each and every trailhead and to know what is at the end of each trail,or along it worth seeing.

Don't miss out on this book.

This is a wonderful guide for auto travel in SE Utah. Using the mileposts as references was a great idea and easy to use. If we did not have this guide, we would have never found an off the beaten path dinosaur track site. A definate need to have refence book for the serious day tripper in Southern Utah. Wish K. E. Rivers would write another book.

The layout and format of this book is extremely useful for planning day trips in easily accessable areas of Southeast Utah. There are many good references in regards to camping and backpacking trips if your so inclined. I found this book in my library and found it full of so much information I took it with me on my trip last May to Southeast Utah. It didn't let me down. The format uses highway mile posts for directions and I found this really easy to follow. I found it so useful I made the decision to buy it as two weeks was not enough time to explore all the areas listed.

From the moment I heard about the premise of this book I waited with anticipation. What joy that it fulfilled everything I expected. Susan is a gifted writer and brings these women's words to life. The book made me desperate for more, both in depth and scope. As easy to take as a novel, it is a history lesson - should I say HERstory - and then some. Superb work.

Susan Cummins Miller, a very gifted editor and writer, has scored a hit with this one! It should be read by every woman, young and old, desiring a woman's insight of the events of the West during its formative years. The book gives the reader a woman's perspective as to the hardships suffered along with moments of humor and the joys of discovery and exploration through essays, travelogues, poetry and letters. The editor has blended well a group of women writers who lived this age of discovery and settlement. Almost all the cultures in the West during the period are presented with their particular view of the events as they lived them. It is a unique collection and I wish I had read this book in college. It certainly would have broadened my horizons and complimented the materials presented in my history and literature classes. Hey, professors! You need to add this book to your must read lists. And, to the author, many thanks for finding a unique niche that had been missed and filling it with a great group of women writers, broadening our historical and literary minds and giving us one great book that can be enjoyed many times over. It will hold a sacred place on my bookshelf.

For the first time I really understand the role played by WOMEN in settling the West. This collection of writings by women of all cultures took me to that time and let me feel the joy, loneliness, laughter, exhaustion and fulfillment of settling a new country. It also let me see the life of the American Indian through the eyes of women for the first time. Excellent read.

A sweet story, with a salty side. The Salt Lake Tribune called it an excellent debut novel, and I agree. Palmer is a writer to watch.

Drive your jeep to Bridger, Utah, head to the Tabernacle Bar for a beer or two and meet a crew of characters on crazy quests for connections, answers and, sometimes, even questions. First there's Jessie Cannon, the bar's owner (she's not just a lapsed Mormon -- she posts an angel above her joint's door) and her family's angry black sheep. Jessie's various lovers, employees and estranged relations populate Susan Palmer's first novel. They're interesting folk, Palmer has a good tale to tell -- and she knows it. In a knowing narrative voice full of warmth and insight, Palmer compels us through Jesse's search and more -- there's an edge to Palmer's whimsy, and an earthy sexiness to her characters' twists and turns, many internal and some jazzed with the everday glamor of good bar talk in a small Western town. Pick up The Tabernacle Bar, by all means, but leave the beer alone. Pour a nice cup of coffee instead; you'll want to be sharp around Bridger.

The King's English, a Salt Lake City bookstore, had this to say in its monthly newsletter: "Peopled with some very unusual and charismatic characters, this first novel is a real delight. Set in the town of Bridger, Utah, home of Bridger State University (BSU), the story showcases the Tabernacle Bar, just down an alley from but not to be confused with the Mormon Tabernacle, gathering place for the local LDS faithful. The Tabernacle (bar) sports its very own angel in a position of prominence just above the front door. An often angry yet somehow captivating tale of quests, questions and quorums, religious and otherwise."

I found this book very insightful and inspirational. For me the book was not only very moving but it also gave me a different perspective on Vietnam. Tay experienced the French rule through the U.S. war and departure, and finally the Communist takeover. I appreciated The authors candid and honest account of his life. Highly recommended.

This is the story of a Vietnamese Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Dont let that stop you from reading it. It is a story of incredible faith in spite of the odds this man faced. He shipped his family out with the fall of Saigon thinking he would be on the flight, he wasnt and spent years in one of the NVA's re-education camps. He got out and eventually escaped on a boat and made his way to America, found his family and reunited. That's not the end of the story. A great read for any person of faith or otherwise.

Nguyen van The and his capable co-author have told a story that is compelling and inspirational. Reaching the end of his rope personally, spiritually, and physically, time after time through the challenging period of the war in his country of Vietnam, The (pronounced tay)relates his own life story, the origins of his faith, and the often miraculous turns of events that opened doors for him, his family, and those he was charged to watch over spiritually. For some the waves of trial and opposition he faced would have been disastrous, but with his enduring faith he survived perilous situations in the military, years of privation in "re-education" camps following the war, and long periods of separation from those he loved, only to eventually be reunited and discover that life with home and hearth also had struggles. His life has something to inspire or motivate readers from many backgrounds.

This collection of poems piques the reader's senses and maintains interest throughout. The narrative with compelling characterizations keeps the reader moving along and even identifying with the mysterious Chinese aunt and her family in the United States. It is one of those rare books of poetry which you want to read to the very end without putting it down, and yet to enjoy stopping and mulling over individual poems. The encounters between Buddhist, Christian, and Confucian elements lend universal significance. This is the best poetry on today's literary scene.

This book is the winner of the May Swenson Poetry Award for 2000. While not a narrative poem, the story of the author's aunt that married a "Chinaman" and left her family only to return when she was dying, is as close as one can get. The poems tell of the author's need for connections and a sense of family and humanity that are inspiring and eternal. The bridge over all that divides us is, after all, built on hope and caring and sharing. A Marvelous collection.

A great book on the man who saved the D&RGW at the time of the Great Depression. Also gives considerable insight on the banking and economic situation of the times. A good read on how various pieces fit into the railroad and economic pictures.

Always a Cowboy: Judge Wilson McCarthy and the Rescue of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad

I really enjoyed this book. Gave a great history of the judge's father, and the struggles he faced. Also enlightening on the depression era economics, and trys to cure it. I realized that Wilson McCarthy was very involved in the West, not only in railroading! A diplomatic democrate, with integrity.
A very readable bio.

Paul H. Liddiard

This is a very well written book on the folklore, with comments from contemporary Native Americans. It was great to read before a trip to some archaeological sites in the southwest, it seemed to make the rock art come alive to me. Of course, no one today knows for sure the meaning of the rock art, nor did this author suggest any such thing, but reading it did increase my appreciation of both the past and current cultures of the west.

Toelken's book is an excellent study of the culture of America's first peoples. It is an eloquent discussion of how to learn about American Indian history and culture by looking at the everyday activities, traditional arts, folklife, and rituals that are shared with the public. Toelken's work challenges stereotypical and inaccurrate perceptions about Indians; more importantly, he shows ways to understand what other people have to offer when they perform their cultural traditions. It is also beautifully illustrated with gorgeous photographs, many of them in color. The book is written for both academic and non-academic audiences as an introduction into contemporary American Indian culture. I highly recommend this fine book written by an excellent folklorist.

I'd like to add a note or two to the remarks by the previous reviewer: this exemplary work
A) reproduces the original Tlaxcalteca Nahuatl text, in modern typescript but following the manuscript as closely as possible,
B) provides a transcription of that text (rather than a modern Nahuatl version) with vowel length and saltillo indicated (the latter by the roman letter "h", following the scholars Lockhart and Karttunen), and
C) an English translation.
Most of the extensive notes deal with manuscript issues (scribal errors, etc), but some of them address linguistic issues as such.
All aside from its great value for anyone interested in the Spanish invasion of the Valley of Mexico and the lore of the cultures of that region (in this case from a perspective a bit different than the usual material descending from Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) itself), this work provides learners of Nahuatl with a very accessible annotated text for productive study.

Not written until about 1600, after the Spanish conquest of Mexico by the defeat of the Aztecs, this text in the Nahuatl language of the Tlaxcalteca people covering a large part of Mexico north of the Aztec lands in central Mexico has the style and content of an ancient tribal document, like Middle East creation myths. The Tlaxcalteca allied with Cortes to help conquer the Aztecs, their longtime enemies who never conquered them. Myths, history, heroes, royalty, wanderings, wars, and settlements are all mixed together. Though it is rich and significant in content, "Anomino Mexicano" is not too long. This first English translation of the full text at the Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris is three columns per page from pages 7 to 65 in the original, classical, Nahuatl, modern Nahuatl, and English with illustrations taking up some of these pages. Notes run from pages 66 to 101, with a one-page Bibliography of about 30 references before the Index. The complete "Anonimo Mexicano" is a welcome addition to world literature as another vibrant epic on the origins, history, and lore of an ancient people.

uzun zamandir bu alandaki tek eser olan Woods'un Aqquyunlu calismasi nihayet yeni bir baskisi ile karsimizda. Guncellestirilmis kaynakcasi, haritalari ve tablolari ile daha da kullanisli hale gelmis. calismanin ciddiyeti, derinligi ve genisligi hakkinda zaten birsey soylemeye gerek yok. herkese tavsiye ederim.

This is one of the best books I have ever read on Central Asia. Actually, it is THE best book I have ever read. Lucid, well-organized, it brings a difficult topic within the grasp of a student-scholar.

This big heavy book is basically a book of maps - gray-scale maps of the state of Utah, with black dots representing the distribution of individual varieties of vascular plants. Specifically, it includes 610 pages of maps, 4 maps to a page. There are no photos of any of the plants. It also sports a scholarly bibliography, and an index, along with a list of 384 plants restricted to one locality (not mapped). This is not for the casual enthusiast who might enjoy photos or line illustrations. Issued in 1988 and then reissued in 2002, same book.

This book presents a map of the state for each species and shows its distribution. Great for just browsing to see what's out there!