Books, Bluster, and Bounty: Local Politics and Carnegie Library Building Grants in the Intermountain West, 1890-1920

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Books, Bluster, and Bounty Books, Bluster, and Bounty Local Politics in the Intermountain West and Carnegie Library Building Grants, 1898–1920 Susan H. Swetnam Utah State University Press Logan Utah 2012 © 2012 by the University Press of Colorado Published by Utah State University Press An imprint of University Press of Colorado 5589 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 206C Boulder, Colorado 80303 The University Press of Colorado is a proud member of The Association of American University Presses. The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Regis University, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, Utah State University, and Western State College of Colorado. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Printed on recycled, acid-free paper Cover design by Barbara Yale-Read Cover photo by Dan Miller: Carnegie library in Richmond, Utah 978-0-87421-842-8 cloth 978-0-87421-852-7 paper 978-0-87421-843-5 e-book Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Swetnam, Susan H. Books, bluster, and bounty : Local Politics and Intermountain West Carnegie Library Building Grants 1898–1920 / Susan H. Swetnam. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-87421-842-8 (hardback) — ISBN 978-0-87421-852-7 (paper) — ISBN 978-0-87421-843-5 (e-book) (print) 1. Carnegie libraries—West (U.S.)—History. I. Title. Z732.W48S94 2012 027.478—dc23 2012000173 To the Idaho librarians who have supported and continue to support “Let’s Talk About It” book discussion programs, especially to Peggy McClendon, whose work as the program’s founder and long-time director has made LTAI a living demonstration of the perennial power of books and reading. Cartography by: Adam Clegg ...