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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, December 8-10, 2004 The Park Record C-9 Reagan book is a real tear jerker ghostwriters. "Chronicles. Volume I" is a wellMcA'niNctvi Group Wire written self-examination of the Any gin. of "The Loiiy, development of an artist of unique (uKKlhyc." by Palti Duvis (Alfred genius. A. Knopf. l>> pnges. $20. W Another author receiving high pities) should he iiccoiiij^uiiud hy a praise for his efforts is Joseph .1. hox of 1 issue. Ellis for "His Excellency: Cieorg-e While centered on President Washinnton"( Knopf. 320 pages, Ronald Reagan's slow dealh from $26.9S, 320 pages). Alzheimer's disease, Davis' cnioFocusing on Washington's life lional memoir ahoui her life with and career from his early military' her father is not just a hook about years through his two terms as preshis disease. ident. Ellis paints a lull-bodied porShe uses Reagan's illness as a trait of the man, the general and the jumping-off point lo look at some of politician. tile memorable moments they Here are some more intriguing shared and the wisdom she !<>ok biographies and memoirs-. from him before and after he "A l\iper Life." by Taluin became ill. O'Neal (HarperCollins, 2N5 pages, Mainly, though, it is a story about $24.^5) Actress O'Neal looks hack grieving, which with Alzheimer's on a life dominated by lame, drugs begins years before a loved one and two damaged men: her lather. dies. Ryan O'Neal; and her ex-husband. Davis has written five other John McEnroe. books and numerous articles for "(Iregory IVck: A Charmed newspapers and magazines. Her Life," by Lynn Haney (Carroll & straightforward style makes this an (Iraf. 475 pages. $26) _ The author, exquisite posthumous paternal a friend of I'eck's, examines the late saluie. actor's real-life roles as son. lover, Boh Dylan also showed this husband and father. year that he can write more than "(iroinul: Adventures in Life, jusi lyrics with the publication of his and Architecture." by Daniel memoir. "Chronicles. Volume I." Lihcskind (Riverhead ]$(>oks. 2<SN (Simon tt Schuster, 304 panes. $24. pages, $27-95) .. 'Hie expansion of 304 pages). the Denver Arl Museum lands four Dylan has always stood apart color pages of drawings and renderfrom the usual swirl into which most ings in Libeskinds book about his celebrities willingly jump. So. o\' life anil work. course, his autobiography is not the "John James Auduhon: 'Hie typical mush ground out for movie Making of an America." by Richard stars and ruck stars by faceless Rhodes (Knopf. 514 pages, $30) _ By ED WILL lliis Pulitzer Prize-winning historian looks at how Auduhon*s two major loves _ nature and his wife _ shaped the artist's historic life. "My Life." by Bill Clinton (Knopf. 1.008 pages. $35) _ Not surprisingly, former President Clinton received high praise from some and brickbats from others, but most agreed that it is the best presidential memoir in 20 years. "NIV: The Authorized Biography <>l David Niven." by (iraham Lord (Thomas Dunne Books. 370 pages. $25.95) Lord, a former newspaper editor, had unprecedented access lo Niven's papers, letters, family and friends in researching "NIV." which also was the laic actor's nickname. "On the Run: A Mafia ("hiklhood." by (Ireun ^iid (iina Hill (Warner Books. 245"pages. $24.95) _ 'Hie Hills detail life in the U.S. witness protection program, which they entered in 1980 after their father, career criminal Henry Hill, turned slool pigeon and helped police solve the $5.s million Lufthansa robbery "Oskar Schindler: Hie l.!nlold Story of His Life. Wartime Activities and the True Story behind 'Hie List." by Davit! M. Crowe (Westview Press, 766 pages. $30) _ Previously unreleased papers and letters of Schindlcrs helped Crowe create what other scholars have called the definitive work on this controversial and complicated man. "Ronald Regan: A Life in Politics." hy Lou Cannon (PuhlicAlfairs.' 1.502 pages, $35) _ This two-volume slipcover contains trade editions of two previously published biographies, both highly praised: "Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power" (2003) and "President Rcauan: 'Hie Role of a Life" (1991 &2001) "Running witli the Bulls: My Years With the Hemingways," by Valerie Hemingway (Ba I Ian tine Books. 313 pages. $24.95) _ 'Hie author spent two years as Ernest Hemingways personal secretary and confidante, and another four years organizing Hemingway's papers alter his dealh. She I,Her married his son (iregory. "'Hie Journey of ( Yazy Horse: A Lakola History." hy Joseph H. Marshall III (Viking. 310 pages. $24.95) . Marshall, whose first language is Lakota. introduces readers lo the man who became the legendary warrior and to the times in which he lived. "I'nforgivable Blackness: 'Hie Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson." hy Geoffrey C. Ward (Knopf. 492 pages. S26.95) _ II doesn't lake much reading lo see that Wards subject, the first black fighter to lx;come heavyweight champion of the world, was the Muhammad Ali of his clay: a beautiful black man of supreme skill, confidence and courage. "Wodehouse: A Life." by Robert McCrum (W.W. Norton, 530 pages, $27.95) _ PG. Wodehouses writing career lasted 80 years and produced countless books, short stories and musical lyrics. If it wiggles and it's sweet, Utahns love it By JOHN HENDERSON Mc^iiii\'(•!!••< Croup \\":r<r Contrary to popular belief. Salt Like City does nol have Jell-O on even' menu. Food doesn't have to wiggle for Utahns to eat it. The surrounding Wasalch Mountains J o not resemble giant Jell-() molds. But Utah has been associated with Jell-O lor decades, and if you uo lo any social function in the slate you'll see why. Weddings. Funerals. Church functions. Company picnics. Jell-O is always the honored guest. It comes in every shaj>e. color and flavor with every imaginable ingredient _ and some you don't want lo imagine. On my second Irip lo Salt Lake City in I wo i non ths, I actively sought out Jell-O without success. Much to my dismay, my hoiel front desk had apples in a bowl, not Jell-O in the shape of ,i carp. The adjacent Starbucks served cranberry bars, not cranberry Jell-O. And the closest I came to a funeral was Brigham Young football coach Gary < Yowton s probable swan song, a 5221 loss to hitler rival Utah. But I did find some Jell-O experts. Bob King, an American Studies protessor at Utah Slate University in Logan, up near the Idaho border, has written about food in I Mali lor 15 years. "Jell-O was a sign of class." King said, "lliere might he that lingering. Its a special lootl lo have on special occasions. Ii. has a sweetness, and that's the one high thai they're allowed here." True. Saddled with archaic drinking laws right out o\ bSth-century Iran. Utah makes it a lot easier lo find Jell-O than a drink. You can walk into a grocery slore and buy Jell-O without paying the ludicrous $5 "cover charge" required in I 'tali's plethora of bars. However. Jell-O can be a devious tool lo gel around I hose drinking restrictions. When you walk into BYU's La Veil Edwards Stadium in Provo. capital of the Mormon ('hurch. a sign soys that no alcoholic or carbonated beverages are served in the stadium. What do invading I 'niversity of Utah fans do? 'Iliey bring in Jell-C) shots. ('alvin ( Yosby grew up m Magna. { Uah, and two years a no published a book titled "Green Jell-O and Red Punch _ Tlie Heinous Truth! About Utah!" "Jell-O is huge." he said. "Its the official slate food «>r slate dessert. It's heavily a home th'uig. "Hie beauty of Jell-O is it's flexible, and there's the economics of it. When you have eight kids, Jell-O goes a long way." Jell-O cookbooks nearly outnumber Italian cookbooks, and ('rosby found some truly, urn. ingenious combinations, including one using meal. "I ihink it was potted meat." he said. "Il looks like coagulated lhrow-up." Keep in mind, however. Jell-O isn't indigenous lo Utah. Ms not even close. The Salt Lake Tribune's food editor. Kathy Slephcnson. loaned me a copy of the 2(X)l book "Jell-O: A Biography" by Carolyn Wyman. Ms a sequel lo her oilier book. "Spam; A Biography." (We are not making this up.) First. Ihe hook stales Jell-O can be found in 72 percent of all American kitchens, and more ihan 250.000 ions of Jell-O are sold every year. Other fun [acts you didn't know about Jell-O: • _Jeil-O was invented in lNL/7 as an economic and convenient dessert lor Ihe American family as il headed into the 20lh century. Made from colored, boiled animal skins, il is considered Americas first processed food. _hnminrants at Ellis Island refused lo eat il after their long voyage because of its "'wobbly texture." Ihe book said. _.lulius Rosenberg cut upa Jell-O box and gave one lo his brother-inlaw to identify his Soviet spy courier, who was carrying an identical box. ...There is a Jell-O Art Show in Eugene. Ore. (I somehow missed it while living there my first 22 years), and there's a restaurant in Raleigh. N.C.. thai serves nothing but Jell-O called Jiiiiiles. (Aiuiin. these are facts.) And all Jell-O isn't processed. You can make homemade Jell-O. According to "The Biography." all you have to do is go outside, cut ihe feel off a live calf, scald them, take off the hair, slit them in two aqd extract the feet between Ihe claws. 'I"hen boil them, remove the scum then _.-oh. never mind. Wail for the company picnic. 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