Show Utah Given Prominent Play InAI In InAI InAl AI Al Looks Look's History Of Plateau Utah comes In for a lions lion's share of attention in a new book that came off the press on August 21 a book which tells the fabulous history of the Colorado Plateau from rom the time it was a speck of dust In Its Creators Creator's eye down to and nd Including the current uranium boom oom The book Is 1000 Million Minion Years on n the Colorado Plateau and is isby isby isy by y Al Look of the Grand Junction Daily Dally Sentinel It is Is actually a anew anew new ew and completely revised edition edition edi- edi tion lon of Als Al's book In My Back Yord and has been rewritten corrected and brought up t to date dateo to o include the U Utah is featured both as one of the wonderful scenic sections ot of f the world and as one of ot the centers enters of uranium interest but butt I. I it t get its biggest play in AIs AI's story of the famed Turner-Look Turner site just over the Utah Colorado line where some of the most important and fabulous archeological finds In n history have been discovered in n recent years The Turner ranch now owned by Mrs Eva Fitzpatrick was the property of Mr and Mrs Albert J. J Turner both now deceased but time long residents of Utah and widely known in circles Back in 1938 Turner told Al AI Look about some Indian mounds and a fort on his ranch Look an paleontologist and archeologist even in those days Investigated and reported the find findo findl to o Dr Marie Wormington of ot the Denver Museum of Natural History His His- tory j The wonderful site proved to be bea a very rich one which revealed a hitherto unsuspected ancient Indian Indian Indian In In- dian culture and told scientists much about ancient times In this area It was excavated and evaluated evaluated evaluated evalu evalu- by the museum staff and now Als Al's book brings all of ot the the scientific knowledge to the layman layman laynan lay- lay man nan in contemporary breezy language which is easily understood understood under under- stood and highly enjoyable to read Enjoyable to read is the prop prop- er pharse for Als Al's book It is an engaging book written In everyday everyday everyday every every- day language and telling briefly but ut authentically what has happened happened happened hap hap- to and on Mother Mothel Earth since the date of her birth It is also a B very funny book for Als Al's sense of humor is not dimmed a abit abit abit bit by scientific terms If It he doesn't doesn't doesn't does does- nt know how to pronounce a word or if he gets too cumbersome cumbersome cumber cumbersome some in the writing he shortens it to something the average man can use and understand His scientific facts have been II checked by top men and Women I in the field his scientific th theories ories may not always hold water but if they arent aren't logical they are gay No one would mistake him for a professional scientist He is a man who knows and loves the Colorado Plateau like the back of his hand and he has found in the rocks the rivers the gorgeous mountains and the lovely plains in canyons and in Indian diggings gs the story of how and why the Colorado Plateau is one of the most fascinating fascinating beautiful interesting places in hi the world The dinosaurs the prehistoric home the primitive bugs and bees which inhabited the land come alive and move across the pages of ot the book The primitive hunters hunters hunters hunt hunt- ers with their bows and arrows the Pueblo Indians and the Utes with their early civilizations are real living people Al AI does not noi write down their stories in dull dul dry factual tactual chapters About each of them he spins a homey yarn showing how one or two 1 might have lived died married married marri marri- ed hunted in those eras ens now dimly dimly dimy dim dim- ly y in the past The Colorado Plateau is one of ofle the le most famed sections of the world owing to its recent uranium boom oom Looks Look's book will make it even ven more famous for his story of Its ts history written in freewheeling wheel freewheel ing ng gay and philosophical style will interest even those who never though of ot digging for tor uranium but but who like entertainment In their reading |