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Life in a Corner - Cultural Episodes in Southeastern Utah, 1880–1950 (Paperback)
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Life in a Corner - Cultural Episodes in Southeastern Utah, 1880–1950 (Paperback)
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Community building in the Four Corners area of southeastern Utah
required specialized knowledge and a good bit of determination on
the part of settlers who wrested a livelihood from the Colorado
Plateau. Robert S. McPherson, the region's leading historian, draws
on oral history and personal archives to write about cowboys and
homesteaders, loggers and sawmill operators, law enforcement
officers and bootleggers, miners and midwives, trappers and
builders. In Life in a Corner, he shapes their stories into a
fascinating mosaic of cultural and environmental history unique to
this region. McPherson demonstrates that, above all, settlers
worked hard in order to succeed in this often forbidding land. A
first-person account of erecting a Latter-day Saint tabernacle
tells of volunteers using only what was under their feet or came
from a nearby mountain. Other chapters give an insider's
perspective on cowboying in canyon country, bringing law and order
to a virtually lawless land, waging war against wolves and coyotes,
and homesteading on some of the last large desert tracts in the
continental United States. But the most gripping stories center on
the ingenuity of those who lived these personal experiences. Only a
veteran trapper would think of burying an alarm clock to attract a
coyote. Only a determined bootlegger would devise a saddle made of
leather-covered copper equipped with a spigot to dispense moonshine
by the cup. Only committed, or desperate, miners would sail with a
one-way ""ticket"" to a gold field in a hidden desert chasm. What
were midwives being taught at the turn of the century, and how did
their practice involve equal parts religious doctrine and medical
procedure? What was a qualifying examination like for the first
forest rangers? And how did small close-knit communities handle
""slackers"" during World War I? Life in a Corner answers these and
many other questions while offering fresh perspectives on past
events and current controversies.
General
Imprint: |
University of Oklahoma Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2015 |
Authors: |
Robert S McPherson
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8061-4691-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
0-8061-4691-5 |
Barcode: |
9780806146911 |
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