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A photo of the book "The Distances We've Traveled" by Marnie Powers-Torrey

May 28, 2019 Head of the Book Arts Program Goes the Distance with Artist Book for Spike 150

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On May 10, 2019, the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike, the wedding of the Transcontinental Railroad, will be celebrated widely. As part of Spike 150, exhibitions and events are happening throughout Utah, and one such exhibition is Transcontinental: People, Place, Impact, which highlights the...

Jul 26, 2016 Book of the Week — The Democratic Book

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“Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1936 THE DEMOCRATIC BOOK, 1936 Philadelphia?, 1936? JK2313 1936 D38 oversize This book was given to...