Curated by Hannah New, University of Utah Press Marketing Manager

Being and Becoming Ute
By Sondra Jones

The first comprehensive history of the Utes and their adaptation to change across the vast environmental, cultural, international, continental, and state divides on which they have lived.

First Peoples of Great Salt Lake: A Cultural Landscape from Nevada to Wyoming
By Steve Simms

We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe / Recuerdo, Celebración, y Esperanza: Latinos in Utah
By Armando Solórzano

A bilingual history of Latinos in Utah told through photographs and narrative.

Slavery in Zion: A Documentary and Genealogical History of Black Lives and Black Servitude in Utah Territory, 1847 – 1862
By Amy Tanne Thiriot

The most complete history to date of the one hundred enslaved Black pioneers of Utah Territory.

A Modest Homestead: Life in Small Adobe Homes in Salt Lake City, 1850 – 1897
By Laurie Bryant

The surprising place of adobe in Salt Lake City homes and lives.

Back to the Soil: The Jewish Farmers of Clarion, Utah, and Their World
By Robert Alan Goldberg

Goldberg discusses the agrarian efforts of Jewish immigrants by focusing on the attempt of a Jewish colony in Clarion, Utah, from 1911 to the mid-1920s.

25^th Street Confidential: Drama, Decadence, and Dissipation along Ogden’s Rowdiest Road
By Val Holley

The provocative, colorful history of Ogden’s notorious 25th Street.

Sally in Three Worlds: An Indian Captive in the House of Brigham Young
By Virginia Kerns

The story of an enslaved Indian woman told through a lens that examines and sets aside the common narrative of wild vs. tame.

This is the Plate: Utah Food Traditions
Edited by Carol Edison, Eric A. Eliason and Lynne S. McNeil

In a state much influenced by Latter-day Saint history and culture, iconic items like Jell-O salads, funeral potatoes, fry sauce, and the distinctive “Utah scone” have emerged as self-conscious signals of an ecumenical Utah identity.