Missing Stories [Paperback]

Leslie Kelen (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Utah State University Press (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874212936
• ISBN-13: 978-0874212938
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,399,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An invaluable contribution to ethnic American history., September 4, 2000

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This review is from: Missing Stories (Paperback)

Missing Stories: An Oral History Of Ethnic And Minority Groups In Utah is a unique compendium exploring the rich history of Utah's ethnic and minority groups including Utes, African-Americans, Jews, Chinese, Italians, Japanese, Greeks, and Hispanics. In a preface to each section of oral history interviews, a respected historian of the community introduces the background and heritage of the community, setting the context for the personal recollections that follow. The informative, engaging, at times fascinating text is nicely illustrated with the photography of Kent Miles and George Janecek. Missing Stories is a remarkable, compelling, and invaluable contribution to American ethnic history in general, and the Utah ethnic communities in particular.

5.0 out of 5 stars Before these histories are gone forever., August 31, 2011

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This review is from: Missing Stories: An Oral History of Ethnic and Minority Groups in Utah (Utah Centennial Series) (Hardcover)

This book is truly valuable for the knowledge of early histories in our state. The authors interviewed many elderly people (as well as community leaders) from selected and varied communities (rural, coal mining, business, railroading, etc.) who decribed events that had never been recorded. Knowing that these early stories would soon be gone forever, they spent hours listening to and recording priceless memories that only those who lived them could describe.