cover image A Homeland in the West: Utah Jews Remember

A Homeland in the West: Utah Jews Remember

Eileen Hallett Stone. University of Utah Press, $19.95 (500pp) ISBN 978-0-87480-702-8

Oral histories and ""historical conversations"" form the heart of A Homeland in the West: Utah Jews Remember by Salt Lake City transplant Eileen Hallet Stone (coauthor, Missing Stories: An Oral History of Ethnic and Minority Groups in Utah). In chapters like ""Minyan in a Railroad Town"" and ""Standing Up to Bigotry,"" Stone profiles pioneer merchants, soldiers, hoteliers and housewives to fashion a moving account of men and women who came from afar to settle down in the West's new and unfamiliar landscape. A Yiddish glossary, recipes for traditional dishes like honey cake and latkes, and a list of Jewish-owned businesses in Utah round out this intriguing and carefully compiled volume. ( Jan. 21)