Devil's Gate Owning the Land, Owning the Story

Name: Devil's Gate Owning the Land, Owning the Story
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ISBN: 9780806143682

ISBN-10: 0806143681

ISBN-13: 9780806143682

Edition: 2013

Authors: Tom Rea

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Devil’s Gatethe name conjures difficult passage and portends a doubtful outcome. In this eloquent and captivating narrative, Tom Rea traces the history of the Sweetwater River valley in central Wyominga remote place including Devil’s Gate, Independence Rock, and other sites along a stretch of the Oregon Trailto show how ownership of a place can translate into owning its story.Seemingly in the middle of nowhere, Devil’s Gate is the center of a landscape that threatens to shrink any inhabitants to insignificance except for one thing: ownership of the land and the stories they choose to tell about it. The static serenity of the once heavily traveled region masks a history of conflict.Tom…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 3/7/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

Tom Rea is a freelance chef and food writer.