This novel chronicles the hopes and heartbreaks of Edgar Presley Mint. Half Apache and mostly orphaned, Edgar's trials begin on an Arizona reservation at the age of seven, when the mailman's jeep accidentally runs over his head.

A selection of the most famous and respresentative of these tales from the plain and literal translations.

Recounts the events that led to the 1923 Indian war (also called the Last Indian War) between the Ute indians and white settlers in southeastern Utah. This title contains newspaper clippings, photographs, illustrations, and maps.

There was always something different about Joel Espen. Sixteen years old. Green eyes that could see right into your heart. Even the way he died reflected the way he lived: helping others. But how are you supposed to just go on living like normal after suddenly losing your brother ...your best friend ...your first love?

A memoir of Elissa Wall, the former member of the FLDS polygamist sect whose courtroom testimony helped convict controversial sect leader Warren Jeffs in September 2007. It details how Jeffs forced her into an unwanted marriage at age 14. It explains how the confines of her dangerous marriage and surroundings left her with few options.

A follow-up to the bestseller Cryptonomicon , this book presents a cast of characters in a time of genius and discovery, men and women whose exploits defined the age of the High Baroque. It travels from the infant American colonies to the Tower of London, the glittering courts of Louis XIV, and all manner of places in between.

A distinct painting development with regard to the American West's Wasatch Range emerged in the nineteenth century. This book presents a survey of those early painters who formed the movement. Over 300 artworks are included, from the earliest examples of painting in the nineteenth century to works by contemporary artists.

An action-packed adventure that hurtles from modern-day London, Boston and Arizona to the dark secrets of Shakespeare's past.

Using government documents, archives, and local histories, Simmons has painstakingly separated the often repeated and often incorrect hearsay from more accurate accounts of the Ute Indians.

American Indians remain familiar as icons, yet poorly understood as historical agents. This book places Native peoples squarely at the centre of a dynamic and complex story as it chronicles two centuries of Indian and imperial history that profoundly shaped the American West.

Renowned wilderness writer T H Watkins offers a portrait of remote areas of the fragile and beautiful canyonlands of Utah. He gives us a panorama of majestic mountains, buttes, and mesas; forest views of pinon an djuniper and tall mountains sage; and intimate glimpses of rivers weaving through red slits in the earth. Through Watkins's exquisite visual and literary images shines his deep ...

Provides a summary of the region's geology, climates, and biology, including thorough treatments of the area's insects, fish and reptiles. This title discusses the ecology and distribution of prehistoric human cultures in the region; how modern humans have used (and abused) resources; and, the impact of post-Pleistocene environmental changes.

This book examines marital relationships in contemporary Mormon polygamous families.

Full coverage of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Southwest Colorado, plus a new Las Vegas & Nevada chapter. An extra 84 pages packed full of road trips, fun detours, dinosaur sites and ghost towns. The only guide with a Southwest With Kids chapter. Eco-friendly lodgings for the environmentally friendly traveller. Fifth edition.

Revealed for the first time, the true story of one of the most bizarre scientific investigations in modern history. After buying a picturesque house in eastern Utah, a young family is soon subjected to all hell breaking loose. Some of their cattle are found dead, others disappear and the family regularly see UFOs flying overhead. 'The Hunt for the Skinwalker' is the true story of how a well-funded

A book about the minor-league experience - and the Ogden (Utah) Raptors of the Pioneer League's first year in baseball. It presents an insider's view of the low minors and the young men chasing dreams as big as the skies they play under in Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Alberta.

A fascinating novel of love and ecology from one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.