Dec 20, 2024 2024 – ONE FOR THE BOOKS!

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2024 was one for the books, as they say...

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Jul 05, 2021 Now On Display! Roar of Distant Breakers — A Rare Books Exhibition

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The Rare Books Department welcomes you all back to the J. Willard Marriott Library, and invites you to visit our latest exhibition, Roar of Distant Breakers, now on display in the Special Collections Gallery on level four. This exhibition was curated by Luise Poulton, the former Managing...

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May 31, 2021 Book of the Week — Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada

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A vivid belt of blue lightning flashed down through the blackness, and for a moment every outline of cliff and forest forms, and the rushing clouds of snow and sleet, were lighted up with a cold, pallid gleam. …In the moment of lightning I saw...

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May 14, 2021 Rare Books Digital Exhibition — The Roar of Distant Breakers

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from California: The Land of the Sun, 1914, Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) We had not gone far from this village when the fog cleared off, and we enjoyed the delightful prospect of the ocean, the object of all our labours, the reward of all our anxieties....

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Mar 26, 2021 The “Wilderness Idea” and the Man Who Helped Shape the Wilderness Act

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Pulitzer Prize winner of the famed novel “Angle of Repose,” Wallace Stegner didn’t consider himself to be an environmentalist. Be that as it may, this writer, professor, conservationist, and noted historian was certainly articulate in describing the utmost importance of preserving our nation’s wilderness....

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Sep 22, 2020 Rare Books Digital Exhibition — Sassy Faith

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from The Book and the Great Community, J. Willard Marriott Library, 1994 On May 17, 1968, Wallace Stegner delivered a dedicatory address to the new Marriott Library, in which he said: "To erect a great library in the year 1968 is an act of stubborn and sassy...

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Mar 22, 2018 The Melody Lingers On

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Happy 50th Anniversary, J. Willard Marriott Library! “To erect a great library in the year 1968 is an act of stubborn and sassy faith.” — Wallace Stegner, from his dedication address for the opening of the J. Willard Marriott Library ...

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Jan 05, 2017 We recommend — Saints at Devil’s Gate: Landscapes along the Mormon Trail

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“For aren’t we all on a journey that tries our faith, tests our courage, makes us vulnerable, and at times defeats us and blisters our soul?” — Laura Allred Hurtado Saints at Devil’s Gate: Landscapes along the Mormon Trail Laura Allred Hurtado and Byron C. Andreasen Salt Lake City,...

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