22 Jan 2024 Best Book on Utah History Awards

On Monday, January 8, 2024 the University of Utah Press attended an awards presentation with the Utah Historical Society and the Board of State History. We were pleased to accept the finalist award for Andrew Gulliford and his book Bears Ears: Landscape of Refuge and Resistance (2022). Amy Tanner Thiriot attended to accept the 2024 Juanita Brooks Best Book in Utah History Award from the Utah Historical Society for her book Slavery in Zion: A Documentary and Genealogical History of Black Lives and Black Servitude in Utah Territory, 1847 – 1862.

From left to right: Director of the Utah Historical Society, Jennifer Ortiz; University of Utah Press Marketing Manager, Hannah New; University of Utah Director, Glenda Cotter; Vice Chair of the Board of State History, Spencer Hall

From left to right: Director of the Utah Historical Society, Jennifer Ortiz; University of Utah Press author Amy Tanner Thiriot; Vice Chair of the Board of State History, Spencer Hall

From left to right: University of Press Director Glenda Cotter holding the award for Andrew Gulliford; Amy Tanner Thiriot holding the 2024 Juanita Brooks Best Book in Utah History Award.