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- catalog abstract ""Along the urban corridor of the Wasatch Front, much of the western horizon is formed by the distinctive ridge line of Great Salt Lake's Antelope Island. A state park, the island is a favorite destination for Utah outdoor recreationists and visiting tourists. It is the most popular state park in Utah. Yet, despite its familiarity to Utahns and others, not much is generally known about the island's environment and history." "Marlin Stum, journalist and nature writer, grew up east of Antelope Island. He has spent much of his life exploring it and Great Salt Lake, in the field and through library research, and he currently is a state park volunteer on the island. Stum reviews Antelope's story in detail, from the dramatic impact of natural cycles of fire and flood to the island's emblematic, free-roaming buffalo herd. He covers geology and wildlife, archaeology and history, recreation and park management, and other topics, and he invariably considers Antelope Island in relation to the environment and history of Great Salt Lake and the Salt Lake Valley, from which its story should not be separated."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11375176.
- catalog contributor b11375177.
- catalog coverage "Antelope Island (Utah) Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "Great Salt Lake Region (Utah) Description and travel.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Along the urban corridor of the Wasatch Front, much of the western horizon is formed by the distinctive ridge line of Great Salt Lake's Antelope Island. A state park, the island is a favorite destination for Utah outdoor recreationists and visiting tourists. It is the most popular state park in Utah. Yet, despite its familiarity to Utahns and others, not much is generally known about the island's environment and history."".
- catalog description ""Marlin Stum, journalist and nature writer, grew up east of Antelope Island. He has spent much of his life exploring it and Great Salt Lake, in the field and through library research, and he currently is a state park volunteer on the island. Stum reviews Antelope's story in detail, from the dramatic impact of natural cycles of fire and flood to the island's emblematic, free-roaming buffalo herd. He covers geology and wildlife, archaeology and history, recreation and park management, and other topics, and he invariably considers Antelope Island in relation to the environment and history of Great Salt Lake and the Salt Lake Valley, from which its story should not be separated."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-181) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Coyote creates a sanctuary for the animals -- Of schist and salt -- The view from a grotto -- Perilous journeys -- Building a home in the wilderness -- Condemned land? -- Wildfires on the island -- Inundated -- The long crossing -- Touching the bison spirit -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Biographical note -- Index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 185 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Visions of Antelope Island and Great Salt Lake.".
- catalog identifier "0874212685 (paper)".
- catalog identifier "0874212693".
- catalog isFormatOf "Visions of Antelope Island and Great Salt Lake.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Logan : Utah State University Press,".
- catalog relation "Visions of Antelope Island and Great Salt Lake.".
- catalog spatial "Antelope Island (Utah) Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Great Salt Lake Region (Utah) Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Utah Antelope Island.".
- catalog spatial "Utah Great Salt Lake Region.".
- catalog subject "979.2/42 21".
- catalog subject "F832.G7 S88 1999".
- catalog subject "Natural history Utah Antelope Island.".
- catalog subject "Natural history Utah Great Salt Lake Region.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Coyote creates a sanctuary for the animals -- Of schist and salt -- The view from a grotto -- Perilous journeys -- Building a home in the wilderness -- Condemned land? -- Wildfires on the island -- Inundated -- The long crossing -- Touching the bison spirit -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Biographical note -- Index.".
- catalog title "Visions of Antelope Island and Great Salt Lake / by Marlin Stum ; photographs by Dan Miller.".
- catalog type "text".