Red Rock Stories: Three Generations of Writers Speak on Behalf of Utah's Public Lands
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (755 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1937226794 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 223 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Gift to the American People This book Red Rock Stories is a gift to the American people, especially those of us who love public lands. By reading this book, one can understand the sacrifices that have been made and are necessary to create national monuments and national parks.- Howie Garber
"Utah has been my home for over half a century. Native Americans have inhabited these landscapes since time immemorial. The writers in Red Rock Stories capture that connection in essays and poems that run as deep as the canyons of the Colorado River." —ROBERT REDFORD, actor, director, environmentalist
He received the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for photography and conservation and a Wallace Stegner Centennial Fellowship at the University of Utah Tanner Humanities Center. He teaches writing in the University of Utah Honors College and makes his home in Salt Lake City and in Torrey, Utah.. In 1995, Trimble cocompiled with Terry Tempest Williams the landmark book of advocacy, Testimony: Writers of the West Speak on Behalf of Utah Wildernessthe model for Red Rock Testimony. Passions or furies, we see it all in shades of red. First delivered to decision makers in Washington as a limitededition chapbook, this artasadvocacy book explores the fierc