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A Homeland In The West: Utah Jews Remember
A Homeland In The West Utah Jews Remember Author:Eileen Hallet Stone Selected from nearly 100 oral histories by Jewish settlers in Utah, this book includes accounts of men and women of diverse backgrounds, including the earliest Jewish merchants who hauled freight overland to Utah, an explorer who befriended Brigham Young, haberdashers struggling through the Great Depression, and even Soviet Jews who found new fr... more »eedom in the Great Basin. The text is enriched with numerous photographs, and the author includes traditional recipes and a Yiddish glossary. A fine example of how to work raw oral histories into a form accessible to nonscholars.« less