198pp. Octavo [23cm]. Glossy pictorial wraps. "Where can you find a chunk of the Matterhorn enshrined at a Utah ski resort? What is the origin of Iosepa, the Hawaiian ghost town in the desert? And why is Utah called the Beehive State? You hold in your hands the answers to these questions and more in this guide to the oddities, wonders, myths, and legends of Utah s capital city. Secret Salt Lake City opens a window into the weird, the bizarre, and the obscure secrets of the city, some of which are hiding in plain sight. Founded by religious pioneers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1847, its one-of-a-kind origin story makes Salt Lake City a rich backdrop for frontier grit, culture, and curious relics. Did you know that there is an alphabet hidden in your computer that was invented in Salt Lake City? What is the significance of the religious symbols on the Salt Lake Temple? And how did Sherlock Holmes solve a fictional mystery in London that originated in Utah? Lifetime resident and author Jeremy Pugh and Mary Brown Malouf unlock these mysteries and more to pull back the curtain on the secrets of Salt Lake City. This isn t your traditional guidebook, and it will enrich your visit to the Crossroads of the West.".

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Secret Salt Lake City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure

Editor

Reedy Press, St. Louis, MO

Fecha de publicaci�n

2021

Idioma

Ingl�s

ISBN 10

1681060736

ISBN 13

9781681060736

Encuadernaci�n

Paperback

Edici�n

First edition.

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New

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Where can you find a chunk of the Matterhorn enshrined at a Utah ski resort? What is the origin of Josepa, the Hawaiian ghost town in the desert? And why is Utah called the Beehive State? You hold in your hands the answers to these questions and more in this guide to the oddities, wonders, myths, and legends of Utah's capital city. Secret Salt Lake City opens a window into the weird, the bizarre, and the obscure secrets of the city, some of which are hiding in plain sight. Founded by religious pioneers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1847, its one-of-a-kind origin story makes Salt Lake City a rich backdrop for frontier grit, culture, and curious relics. Did you know that there is an alphabet hidden in your computer that was invented in Salt Lake City? What is the significance of the religious symbols on the Salt Lake Temple? And how did Sherlock Holmes solve a fictional mystery in London that originated in Utah? Lifetime resident and author Jeremy Pugh and Mary Brown Malouf unlock these mysteries and more to pull back the curtain on the secrets of Salt Lake City. This isn't your traditional guidebook, and it will enrich your visit to the Crossroads of the West.

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Jeremy Pugh is a writer living in Salt Lake City who has been writing about culture, history, and the outdoors in Utah for more than two decades. The managing editor of Salt Lake magazine, Pugh is a also freelancer and consultant writing for SKI, Range, and Via magazines. He invites you to share your SLC experiences on Twitter and Instagram at @100thingsSLC and read his writing at VeryDynamite.com. A lifelong passion for exploring cultures through art, nature, cuisine, and other oddities led to a career in writing about food, travel, people, and places for Mary Brown Malouf. She was the editor of Salt Lake magazine for countless years and published in D magazine, Food Network magazine, The Salt Lake Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, Better Homes & Gardens, Ski Utah, Frommer's Utah.

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