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Ute

2004
An introduction to the history, social structure, customs, and present life of the Ute Indians.

Escape

2007
Carolyn Jessop recounts her involvement in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which forced her to become the fourth wife of a fifty-year-old man before she managed to escape and expose the group and its practices, leading to the arrest of their notorious leader, Warren Jeffs.

The 19th wife

a novel
2009
Follows the parallel stories of Ann Eliza Young, the estranged wife of Mormon leader Brigham Young, and her campaign to end polygamy in the United States, and Jordan Scott, the son of a polygamist family in twenty-first-century Utah, who returns after years away from the fundamentalist sect to learn the truth about his father's death.

Too hot to handle

the race for cold fusion
1991

The executioner's song

2012
Ex-convict Gary Gilmore longs to die after he is sentenced to Death Row for robbing and killing two men.

Thunderhead

2007
Archaeologist Nora Kelly finds a letter written by her father that holds clues to an ancient city of gold. She leads a team into the Utah wilderness to find the city where a whole civilization mysteriously vanished. As Nora and her team members get closer to finding answers to these mysteries, a deadly storm unleashes its power.

The Utes

2002
An overview of the past and present lives of the Utes, including their history, food and clothing, homes and family life, religion, and government.

The executioner's song

1979
Re-creates the crime, trial and events leading to the execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore, who requested the death sentence.

Bryce Canyon National Park

1996
Describes the history, sights, and facilities of Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

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