{"product_id":"the-proper-edge-of-the-edward-a-geary-9780874804096","title":"The Proper Edge of the Sky: The High Plateau Country of Utah","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdward Geary's collection of writings on the High Plateau country of central and southern Utah, a combination guidebook, travel narrative, personal essays, and natural, social, and literary history, encompasses each of those forms with a sweep as broad as the landscape it describes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt traces the progress of travelers to the region, including the historic Dominguez-Escalante party in 1776, and trappers and explorers such as Jedediah Smith, John C. Freemont, and Kit Carson. Scandinavian and English descendants of the early Mormon pioneers, sent to settle Manti and surrounding areas by Brigham Young in 1849, populate many of the pages and dominate the agrarian villages described by the author. The book also describes the multiethnic society of French Basque, Greeks, Slavs, Italians, Chinese, Welsh, and Finnish laborers and coal miners that developed in the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeary writes of all these people with affection and a deep sense of place, of belonging to a distinctive landscape and its history. It is a book that will bring a rush of understanding to those who have lived in the High Plateaus and greater depth of appreciation to visitors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward A. Geary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0874804094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874804096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Utah Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.01w x 0.86d","brand":"Edward A. Geary","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47135257592063,"sku":"9780874804096","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_014737b3-5910-46d5-9ae6-b637907eb2f3.jpg?v=1755009606","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-proper-edge-of-the-edward-a-geary-9780874804096","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}