Utah, the Right Place : The Official Centennial History (SIGNED)

Alexander, Thomas G.

ISBN 10: 0879056908 / ISBN 13: 9780879056902

Published by Gibbs Smith Publisher, Layton, UT, U.S.A., 1995

About this Item

487 pages. 225 b&w photographs and 16 maps interspersed throughout text; 13-page bibliography organized by chapter; index. Oversized rust-colored cloth hardcover with silver foil stamping on spine. FINE, near new condition, UNMARKED, NEVER READ. Dust Jacket in FINE condition with in an archival quality mylar Brodart protector. Alexander's one-volume history is intended for a general audience in a reader-friendly format, including double-column page design, no footnotes, and numerous illustrations interspersed throughout the book on nearly every leaf. This hardcover edition sold-out within a few months of publication. As part of the Utah Centennial project, copies were distributed to every library in the state, including even elementary school libraries. As a result, numerous copies are not in collector condition. The softcover edition is priced at $29.95. DJ in archival mylar Broadart protector. NO remainder marks, not clipped, never read. All books are carefully wrapped in both white plain paper and bubble wrap to PREVENT shipping damage.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Utah, the Right Place : The Official Centennial History (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher, Layton, UT, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879056908
• ISBN 13: 9780879056902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author on Title Page
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mormon & Utah History

About this title

Synopsis

Traces the personalities and events that have shaped the forty-fifth state of the Union

From the Inside Flap

Weaving together the stories of the Anasazi; the Spaniards; the Mormons, Protestants, Catholics, Jews, and Greek Orthodox; the athletes, artists, and entertainers--all the famous and not-so-famous people from Utah's past--Thomas Alexander tells a story of determination, creativity, and originality.

With humor and insight, Alexander traces the personalities and events that have shaped Utah, bringing to light little-known facts and raising for discussion often-buried issues. His narrative is rich in detail, providing context and perspective to familiar but sometimes misunderstood events, along with fascinating anecdotes to illuminate the times and people.

Among other things, Alexander offers a candid look at the displacement of Native Americans by Mormon settlements and the state's early efforts to tame prostitution in the cities. He provides a new perspective on environmental activism in Utah, including movements as early as the 1890s to improve air quality and limit pollution from smoke. He describes the state's longstanding promotion of the arts and the decades-old leadership efforts by Utah's women in education and politics. And he delves into the turn-of-the-century struggles with growth in the state's urban areas--even describing one Salt Lake City plan to pay children a bounty on rats of ten cents per head (and ten cents per hundred for flies).