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Missing Stories

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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.

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.