Good Water

Kevin Holdsworth (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2016
University Press of Colorado (Verlag)
9781607324546 (ISBN)

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In essays that combine memoir with biography of place, Kevin Holdsworth creates a public history of the land he calls home: Good Water, Utah. The high desert of south-central Utah is at the heart of the stories he tells here-about the people, the "survivors and casualties" of the small, remote town-and is at the heart of his own story. Holdsworth also explores history at a personal level: how Native American history is preserved by local park officials; how Mormon settlers adapted to remote, rugged places; how small communities attract and retain those less likely to thrive closer to population centers; and how he became involved in local politics. He confronts the issues of land use and misuse in the West, from the lack of water to greed and corruption over natural resources, but also considers life's simple pleasures like the value of scenery and the importance of occasionally tossing a horseshoe. Good Water's depiction of modern-day Utah and exploration of friendships and bonding on the Western landscape will fascinate and entice readers in the West and beyond.

Kevin Holdsworth is the author of Big Wonderful: Notes from Wyoming. His work has appeared in numerous periodicals, including Cimarron Review, Post Road, Creative Nonfiction, and Denver University Law Review. In 2009 he was awarded the Wyoming Arts Council creative writing fellowship for fiction. He lives with his wife Jennifer and son Chris in south-central and southern Utah.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2016
Verlagsort	Colorado
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	280 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-13	9781607324546 / 9781607324546
Zustand	Neuware