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Show Kent Frost Booh Truly Reflects Love of Canvonlands Anyone who is interested in, or in the case of Kent Frost, in love with Canyonlands County will appreciate his book "My Canyonlands." A work of regional Americana, Ameri-cana, it has been said the book is destined to become a classic. It is a unique, authentic protrayal of the Canyonlands of Utah and the nearby states which are still relatively untouched by man, rich with plant and animal life and ragged rock formations lying beneath clear skies. Kent Frost's book is a testament to the overwhelming overwhelm-ing beauty of these canyonlands canyon-lands which, since childhood, have been the focus of l..s life. His book is divided into two parts.- The first recalls all the salty humor, local color and folk history of the canyonlands where he grew up near Monticello, and the excitement excite-ment pf his earliest exploration. explora-tion. The second portrays his adventures as a full-time guide and explorer, eloquently evoking evok-ing the savage beauty of wilderness that man is threatening threat-ening to destroy. Kent Frost owns and directs Canyonlands Tours, Inc. Born in Arizona in 1917 he has spent his entire life, except for a 2-year stint with the U.S. Navy, in the canyon country of the Southwest, homesteading, dry farming, exploring, hiking, hik-ing, camping, climbing mountains, moun-tains, running rivers, guiding tours and learning the secrets of the land. In the introduction to . his book Frost says, "Although San Juan County was an outpost, a remote community, its face was firmly, if unknowingly, set towards supermarkets su-permarkets and tile bathrooms. bath-rooms. I merely set mine in an opposite direction and had the good fortune to live in a place where I could move that other way. m "The other way was into the canyon wilderness, wild, lonely, lone-ly, and mighty. ..the racing rivers and lofty mountains... the eerie deserts... the secret canyons." "My Canyonlands" is available avail-able for $6.95 at the Times-Independent, Times-Independent, which specializes special-izes in books which focus on the West, its people, its land and its history. Many new titles are now in stock and these, along with old favorites, would make excellent excell-ent Christmas gift choices for people who live here, or people who have the misfortune misfor-tune of living elsewhere. Among new titles in stock at The Times-Independent are "The Homestead Cookbook," which features pioneer recipes and old photographs, $6.95; "Polygamist's Wife," a modern mod-ern true polygamy story by Melissa Merrill, $7.95; and "Windsinger," by Gary Smith. Faun McConkie Tanner's comprehensive area history, "The Far Country: A Regional History of Moab and La Sal, Utah," makes an excellent addition to any library and is available at $14.95. Also Pearl Baker's new book, "Robbers Roost Recollections," is now in stock, priced at $6.95. These are a few of nearly 30 different books available at the Times-Independent. |