Hemingway in Idaho Research Fellow Riley Bradshaw recommends A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway. A Moveable Feast offers more than a look at Hemingway’s time in 1920s Paris. The book becomes a reflection on remembering, shaped by time and distance. Hemingway began writing after rediscovering old notebooks left behind in the Paris Ritz. Published posthumously in 1964, the book was assembled from these fragments and drafts, which adds another layer to its exploration of memory and time. … [Read more...] about Book Review: A Moveable Feast
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In the Mines
Vance Cunningham, Trailing of the Sheep Festival Archives Intern Long before Sun Valley opened, even before the rise of sheepherding, the largest industry in the Wood River Valley was mining. The Triumph Mine, located five miles northeast of Gimlet, was the largest. From 1884 to 1959, it produced over $39 million in metals, primarily zinc, lead, and silver ore. This photo was taken in 1938, and depicts three miners (Glen Freeman, Lyle Triple, and Paul Olson) working in the Triumph Mine. … [Read more...] about In the Mines
Book Review: The Living Mountain
Director of Programs and Education Martha Williams recommends The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd. Nan Shepherd (1893-1981) lived for most of her life in the same house in Cults, Scotland, near Aberdeen. She attended and then taught at her local university her entire career, and in her spare time she traversed the nearby Cairngorm Mountains on foot—seemingly every inch of them. A Modernist writer, she depicted her beloved Scottish landscape in novels and poetry, but it was in … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Living Mountain
Book Review: Growing Home
Working in the Children’s Library this past year I have been making more of a point of reading children’s and young adult chapter books. In doing so, it has been easy to remember why I fell in love with reading in the first place. I recently read Growing Home written by Beth Ferry and Illustrated by the Fan Brothers. In this book you meet a variety of characters, such as a grumpy goldfish, two indoor plants, and the Tupper family, which consists of two antiquarians and their daughter … [Read more...] about Book Review: Growing Home
Libraries, Liberty, and the Freedom to Read Freely
By Kelly NobleGold Mine Processing Manager America turns 249 years old this July 4th. People celebrate this day with parades, barbecues, collective gatherings, hot dogs, potato salad, and fireworks. We celebrate independence and freedom after years of war, national unity, a new cultural identity, democratic ideals shaped by the newly established government, and a period of reflection on what our new country fought so valiantly for. This is an important opportunity to reflect on what … [Read more...] about Libraries, Liberty, and the Freedom to Read Freely
Acclaimed Water Ballet at the Sun Valley Resort
By Jack Tenold, Library Programs and Communications Intern Hidden History: July 28, 1950: This week, we look back at the dazzling 1950 Sun Valley Water Ballet, a crowd-favorite staged at the Sun Valley Lodge Pool. Directed by Dorothy Collins and inspired by Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, the show blended synchronized swimming, dance, and elaborate costumes into a polished amateur production. Though it remained a beloved summer tradition for over a decade, the Water Ballet came to an end in … [Read more...] about Acclaimed Water Ballet at the Sun Valley Resort
