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Edward A. Geary

Author of The Proper Edge of the Sky: High Plateau Country of Utah

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Edward A. Geary was born in Huntington, Utah, a small town in the heart of the high plateau country. He is a professor of English at Brigham Young University.

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Utah History Encyclopedia (1994) — Contributor — 17 copies, 1 review
Personal voices: A celebration of Dialogue (1987) — Contributor — 11 copies
A Believing People: Literature of the Latter-Day Saints (1974) — Contributor — 9 copies
Tending the Garden: Essays on Mormon Literature (Essays on Mormonism Series) (1996) — Contributor — 9 copies
Colloquium: Essays in Literature and Belief (2001) — Contributor — 8 copies
Enter to Learn: Writing and Research at Byu (1999) — Contributor — 7 copies
Latter-day Lore: Mormon Folklore Studies (2013) — Contributor — 7 copies
New Dimensions In Rock Art Studies OP #9 (Volume 9) (Occasional Papers) (2004) — Contributor — 6 copies
Folklore in Utah a history and guide to resources (2004) — Contributor — 5 copies
Emery County: Reflections on its past and future (1979) — Contributor — 5 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 53, No. 2, Spring 1985 - Community and Culture (1985) — Contributor — 4 copies
BYU Studies - Vol. 12, No. 3 (Spring 1972) (1972) — Contributor — 4 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 26, Number 2 (Spring 1986) (1986) — Editor, some editions — 4 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 24, Number 2 (Spring 1984) (1985) — Editor, some editions — 4 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 51, No. 1, Winter 1983 - Marching Through (1983) — Contributor — 3 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 49, No. 1, Winter 1981 - Utah's Harsh Lands (1981) — Contributor — 3 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 25, Number 2 (Spring 1985) (1985) — Editor, some editions — 3 copies
BYU Studies - Vol. 18, No. 1 (Fall 1977) (1977) — Contributor — 3 copies
After 150 years: The Latter-day Saints in sesquicentennial perspective (Charles Redd monographs in western history) (1983) — Contributor — 3 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 24, Number 1 (Winter 1984) (1984) — Editor, some editions — 3 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 24, Number 3 (Summer 1984) (1984) — Editor, some editions — 3 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 29, Number 3 (Summer 1989) (1989) — Editor, some editions — 3 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 24, Number 4 (Fall 1984) (1984) — Editor, some editions — 3 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 31, Number 3 (Summer 1991) (1991) — Editor, some editions — 3 copies
Dialogue, Volume 11, Number 1, 1978 (1978) — Contributor — 2 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (Winter 1969) (Vol. IV No. 4) (1974) — Contributor — 2 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Volume 8, Number 1, (Spring 1973) (1973) — Contributor — 2 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 8, Number 2 (Summer 1973) (1973) — Contributor — 2 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Volume 5, Number 1, (Spring 1970) (1970) — Contributor — 2 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly Summer 1990/Volume 58/Number 3 (1990) — Contributor — 2 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly (Vol. 60, No. 1, Winter 1992) (1992) — Contributor — 2 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 1 (Winter 2000) (2000) — Contributor — 2 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 18, Number 2 (Summer 1985) (1985) — Contributor — 2 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 2 (Spring 2008) (2008) — Contributor — 2 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 4 (Fall 2009) (2009) — Contributor — 2 copies
Carbon County, eastern Utah's industrialized island (1981) — Contributor — 2 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 80, No. 4 (Fall 2012) (2012) — Contributor — 2 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 81, No. 2 (Spring 2013) (2013) — Contributor — 2 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Volume 11, Number 3, Autumn 1978 (1978) — Contributor — 2 copies
Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 73, No. 2 (Spring 2005) (2005) — Contributor — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 23, Number 4 (Fall 1983) (1983) — Incoming Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 28, Number 4 (Fall 1988) (1988) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 26, Number 1 (Winter 1986) (1986) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 27, Number 2 (Spring 1987) (1987) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 27, Number 3 (Summer 1987) (1987) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 27, Number 4 (Fall 1987) (1987) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 28, Number 1 (Winter 1988) (1988) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 28, Number 2 (Spring 1988) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 28, Number 3 (Summer 1988) (1988) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 25, Number 1 (Winter 1985) (1985) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 29, Number 1 (Winter 1989) (1989) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 26, Number 4 (Fall 1986) (1986) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 29, Number 2 (Spring 1989) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 29, Number 4 (Fall 1989) (1989) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 30, Number 1 (Winter 1990) (1990) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 30, Number 2 (Spring 1990) (1990) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 26, Number 3 (Summer 1986) (1986) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 30, Number 4 (Fall 1990) (1990) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 31, Number 1 (Winter 1991) (1991) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 31, Number 2 (1991) "Behold, there shall be a record kept among you..." (1991) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
Community Development in American West: Past and Present Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Frontiers (Charles Redd… (1985) — Contributor — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 25, Number 3 (Summer 1985) (1985) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
BYU Studies - Volume 27, Number 1 (Winter 1987) (1987) — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 9, Number 1 (Spring 1974) (1974) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 5, Number 4 (Winter 1970) (1970) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 9, Number 3 (Autumn 1974) (1974) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 9, Number 4 (Winter 1974) (1974) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 10, Number 1 (Spring 1975/76) (1975) — Contributor — 1 copy
BYU Studies - Volume 25, Number 4 (Fall 1985) — Editor, some editions — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 22, Number 1 (Spring 1989) (1989) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 4, Number 3 (Autumn 1969) (1969) — Contributor — 1 copy
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 67, No. 2, Spring 1999 (1999) — Contributor — 1 copy
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 66, No. 3, Summer 1998 (1998) — Contributor — 1 copy
Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 64, No. 3, Summer 1996 (1996) — Contributor — 1 copy
BYU Studies - Volume 30, Number 3 (Summer 1990) — Editor, some editions — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 41, Number 2 (Summer 2008) (2008) — Contributor — 1 copy
Sunstone - Vol. 20:3, Issue 107, October 1997 (1997) — Contributor — 1 copy
Sunstone - Vol. 10:3, March 1985 (1985) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 40, Number 4 (Winter 2007) (2007) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 13, Number 3 (Fall 1980) (1980) — Contributor — 1 copy
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 11, Number 2 (Summer 1978) (1978) — Contributor — 1 copy

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The Proper Edge of the Sky: High Plateau Country of… by Edward A Geary
Up close, local, and insightful. Motivating to get a camper and get out there.
 
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Mark-Bailey | Aug 7, 2020 |
Goodbye to Poplarhaven: Recollections of a Utah… by Edward A. Geary
This is a collection of essays about growing up as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the west. Geary was born in 1937 and grew up in Huntington, Utah. For this book he won the "Association for Mormon Letters Essay Prize". He does not shy away from presenting the "warts" of the Church and Mormon culture.

I'm 25 years younger than Geary, and my own Utah boyhood was confined to the summer months, since, as a child, I lived in Missouri during the school year, but Poplarhaven's description of life in small-town Utah really resonated with me. Geary has a remarkable ability to see (and to help his readers to see) the beauty in the humble things in rural Utah: tumbledown outbuildings, dilapidated fences, irrigation ditches, orchards, alfalfa fields, etc. I have a relief map of the Castle Valley area where Geary grew up, and it has been fun to follow along on that map as Geary describes the geographical features that helped shape his early life. When Geary describes the foibles of the people around him, I never get the feeling that he is sneering.… (more)
 
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