Good Water Kevin Holdsworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holdsworth, Kevin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holdsworth, Kevin--Homes and haunts--Utah--Torrey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prelude: Winter Light

Introduction: Hantavirus

Part One

1. Moving Water

2. Town Owl

3. Blue and Gray

4. Burning Fields

5. Reliquary

6. H2O : Use it or Lose It

Part Two

7. Joe's Mesa

8. Two Chairs

9. Wild Currants

10. Bonita Bacchanalia

11. High Plateau Blues

12. The Mighty Blizzard of 1995

13. Drowning

Part Three

14. South Wind from the West

15. National Monuments

16. In Loving Memory : the Good Water Dump

17. Bob's Truck

18. Clementine

19. The Hayrack

20. House Rules

21. The Egyptian

22. Burning Elvis

23. To Remember What Is Lost.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4571-9757-X

1-60732-455-5

OCLC:

933433951