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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
If you love Alta, buy this book.
This book will appeal to people that know and love Alta, Utah or are interested in the history of skiing in the Western US. It primarily chronicles the life of Alf Engen, and therefore, chronicles the history of Alta and and an important part of skiing in the west. Engen was the inventor of modern powder skiing and richly deserves the honor of this book.
Published on June 15, 1999
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Neat pictures, but too much ski jumping.
Neat pictures, but kind of a muddled presentation. This is not really a general history of skiing, but a biography of Alf Engen who was a local hero in Salt Lake City, Utah and ran the Ski School at Alta for years and years. There's too much about ski jumping and not enough about other kinds of skiing. The author, Alf's son Alan, seems like a spokesman for the ski...
Published on December 15, 1998
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Neat pictures, but too much ski jumping.,
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This review is from: For the Love of Skiing: A Visual History of Skiing (Hardcover)
Neat pictures, but kind of a muddled presentation. This is not really a general history of skiing, but a biography of Alf Engen who was a local hero in Salt Lake City, Utah and ran the Ski School at Alta for years and years. There's too much about ski jumping and not enough about other kinds of skiing. The author, Alf's son Alan, seems like a spokesman for the ski industry more than a historian.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
If you love Alta, buy this book.,
By A Customer
This review is from: For the Love of Skiing: A Visual History of Skiing (Hardcover)
This book will appeal to people that know and love Alta, Utah or are interested in the history of skiing in the Western US. It primarily chronicles the life of Alf Engen, and therefore, chronicles the history of Alta and and an important part of skiing in the west. Engen was the inventor of modern powder skiing and richly deserves the honor of this book.
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For the Love of Skiing: A Visual History of Skiing by Alan K. Engen (Hardcover - October 1, 1998)
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