University Press of Colorado, 2016 eISBN: 978-1-60732-455-3 | Paper: 978-1-60732-454-6 Library of Congress Classification F834.T67H65 2016 Dewey Decimal Classification 979.254
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover
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
Acknowledgments
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University Press of Colorado, 2016 eISBN: 978-1-60732-455-3 Paper: 978-1-60732-454-6
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover
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
Acknowledgments
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