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Lieferstatus:	Vorankündigung
Veröffentlichung:	ANGEKÜNDIGT
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
ISBN:	9780874214369
EAN-Code:	9780874214369
Verlag:	Utah State University Press
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 150 mm / B 228 mm / D 21 mm
Gewicht:	430 gr
Seiten:	288
Illustration:	illustrations
Bewertung:	Keine Bewertung vor Veröffentlichung möglich.

Inhalt:

To encourage a deeper knowledge and understanding of this unique body of water, Topping has assembled some of the best historical and contemporary writing on Great Salt Lake. The authors include historical figures such as Osborne Russell, Jedediah Smith, John C. Fremont, Howard Stansbury, and, less known, Alfred Lambourne, a turn-of-the-century artist and western Thoreau who sought solitude and contemplation by building a house on remote Gunnison Island. Also included are selections from more recent writing about the lake, among them pieces by well-known writers Wallace Stegner, Dale Morgan, and Terry Tempest Williams and other essays that look at the varied ways, recreational and economic, that people have used or sought to use the lake. The subjects of the collected pieces range from fantastic stories people tell about this odd inland sea to attempts they have made to exploit it for commercial value; from exploration and emigration to recreation and resorts; from the lake's prehistory to its future, as development and population growth near its shores create conflicting demands and pressures.