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• Celebrating Wallace Stegner
  Posted February 18, 2009 by Maggie Kopp

  Today marks the 100th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner. Stegner, who spent part of his teenage years Salt Lake City and received a BA from the University of Utah, wrote short stories, novels, and non-fiction. He was also a well-known conservationist and teacher, who mentored such acclaimed contemporary American authors like Edward Abbey, [...]

• “We were hit.” An excerpt from a World War II pilot’s history
  Posted October 3, 2008 by Kristi Young

  Richard Junius Petit, a World War II veteran, was captured by the Germans on March 16, 1944. The following excerpt is from History According to Richard Junius Petit: The War Years 1942-1945. “We were hit by German fighters just after crossing the border of France. Our position had been as the last plane in the [...]