| Title |
Jack Turner, Salt Lake City, Utah : an interview by Rob DeBirk |
| Alternative Title |
No.500 Jack Turner |
| Creator |
Turner, Jack, 1942- |
| Contributor |
Cooley, Everett L.; University of Utah. American West Center; DeBirk, Rob (Robert William), 1979- |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2008-04-05 |
| Access Rights |
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| Date Digital |
2014-06-11 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ ; San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5391811/ |
| Subject |
Turner, Jack, 1942- --Interviews; Naturalists--Interviews |
| Description |
Transcript of (38 pages) by Rob DeBirk with Jack Turner on April 5, 2008 |
| Abstract |
Turner (b. 1942) was raised in a rural setting outside of Washington, D.C., until his parents divorced and his Mom took him to San Diego, California. He didn't care for school, and describes many of his school failures. He learned to surf, and spent a lot of time surfing instead of going to school. Turner spent time in the upper Green River basin as a "jug hustler," and began climbing with a friend after taking some classes at the Exum Climbing School in Wyoming. He describes his years traveling around the west, attending Cornell on a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, attending anti-war rallies, backpacking through Europe, being trapped in Greece during a conflict with Turkey, trekking in Nepal, guiding in the Tetons, exploring Zen, and writing. Turner has published many essays and his books include The Abstract Wild and Travels in the Greater Yellowstone. Utah Environmentalists Project. Interviewer: Rob De Birk |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Matt Wilkinson |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6184qxw |
| Topic |
Naturalists |
| Setname |
uum_elc |
| ID |
797962 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6184qxw |
