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Show Motion Picture Rights fire Sold For I Book on Noted Utah Historical Event I Announcement of the sale of her first published book, "The Mountain Meadow Massacre", to Warner llrothers Motion Picture Studios, Hollywood, Calif., was. made today by Mrs. Juanita' Prooks, southern I'tah historian,-research historian,-research expert, and instructor in Kit-HsU at the Dixie college. Filming; of the lvi.ik will bee, in in the near future, according to Mrs. Prooks, who has b:'en asked to act as technical advisor in the preparation of the production. produc-tion. Anaiomen!s fur the film- ing of the book were made avail- i able with Mrs. Iliooks and the' Stanford university, publishers of the book. Written under a Rockefeller' grant obtained through the Hun- tinglon Library, with which Mrs. j 1'iooks has been affiliated as a! research worker fur the last six years. "The Mountain Meadow' Massacre" represents four years' of intensive research effort , among much original, unuub- J li: bed material. It is a doeu- ! minted study of early southern' I'tah history, and it presents an' entirely new psychological an-! alysis of the reasons behind tlu'i pioneer tragedy. Mrs. Hrooks, who has been' writing throughout her entire' married life, is an experienced, teacher and writer. She was a' member of the Dixie collej-e fac- : ulty from 1!)2.) to 1 1)33, and since! 1!) 10 she has been associated! with the Dixie college Knglish department as an instructor in, F.r.gl.sh. She has written for a number of regional and national periodi- eals, her works appearing in Harper's Magazine, The Reader's) Digest. The Pacific Spectator. The ! Utah Magazine, Arizona High- j ways, The Desert Magazine. The Improvement Era, The Relief Society So-ciety Magazine and The Instructor. Instruc-tor. The wife of William rrooks, who recently retired as St. George postmaster, Mrs, Brooks is a graduate of the Hrir;hami Young university and holds a! graduate degree from Columbia I university. |