Download or read book The Sun Valley Story written by Van Gordon Sauter and published by . This book was released on 2011-11-18 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Sun Valley's founding, respected journalist, distinguished television executive, and renowned raconteur Van Gordon Sauter tells the remarkable story of the transformation of a remote Idaho mountain valley into America's first luxury ski resort and, eventually, one of the country's most beloved year-round vacation retreats. His fascinating anecdotal history is constructed around the personal passions and signal contributions of the resort's three successive owners: New York aristocrat and Union Pacific Railroad chairman Averell Harriman, Los Angeles land developer and Olympic skier Bill Janss, and self-made Salt Lake City oil man and hotel magnate Earl Holding. Sauter lavishes special attention on recounting how Harriman's founding vision was, with breathtaking alacrity over eleven months in 1936, translated into the unique, opulent, and acclaimed reality that formed the enduring base for the spectacular resort we know today.Splendidly endowed by both nature and culture, Sun Valley and its environs are surrounded by four magnificent mountain ranges (one incorporating Bald Mountain, regarded by many as the premier ski mountain in the world) that are watered by four diverse, revered fishing streams, their beauty protected forever by virtue of their abiding largely on federal lands. It possesses a colorful history that includes Native Americans, fur trappers, late-19th century miners and railroaders, early-20th century sheep barons, and, since the 1930's, a low key but glamorous life that has drawn not only the top European and domestic figures in the sport of skiing but also the rich, the celebrated, and the accomplished-among them Ernest Hemingway and Marilyn Monroe, the founders of Facebook and Microsoft, and the author of this book's foreword, Clint Eastwood, to name a few-to this exceptional place. Complementing Sauter's lively text is an offering of stunning vintage and contemporary images, many of them fresh to print, that capture the landscape, the history, and the individuals that have and continue to make Sun Valley an American original.

Download or read book A History of Indians in the Sun Valley Area written by Tony Tekaroniake Evans and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a series of articles in the Idaho Mountain Express, this book covers the first contact between Native Americans and white settlers, the Bannock War of 1878, the mining era that brought monumental change to the land and culture, and today's Camas Lily Days Festival in Fairfield that celebrates traditional and modern Indian life.

Download or read book Sisters written by Kellie Coates Gilbert and published by Amnos Media Group. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in America’s original ski resort, Sun Valley, Idaho—SISTERS offers a thought-provoking look at three women . . . and the choices they make when they realize their lives aren’t exactly what they expected. Karyn Macadam is starting over after losing her husband to a skiing accident. A chance encounter with a backcountry pilot might be this young widow’s one shot at a new beginning, but only if she can let go of the past. Leigh Ann Blackburn is the perfect wife, until her husband grows more distant and she believes the worst. An outrageous plan to save her marriage turns the situation on its head and she soon learns not everything is as it seems. Joie Abbott, who always finds a way to mess up her life, has done it yet again. This time a bitter betrayal threatens to expose a heartache she desperately wants to keep secret, especially from her family. Through romance and heartbreak, laughter and tears . . . life is always better with your sisters at your side.

Download or read book Sun Valley Moon Mountains written by Ajax Minor and published by Park Place Publications. This book was released on 2016-03-12 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jaq and Kate are devastated when their daughter dies as a result of a catastrophic birth accident. They give up lucrative Wall Street careers and flee to the magnificent mountain country of Idaho. But they discover that they cannot outrun the past. Jaq finds himself being hunted by a monstrous spider, while Kate keeps hearing soft cries coming from the baby monitor that she could never bear to part with. Finally, they land and release a Fantastical Fish in a rain of tears and blood on the Lost River. For help they turn to a local priest, who turns out to be much more, to guide them on a quest to rescue their daughter, Ur, from an ancient being known as Tiamat. What follows is an epic journey into Luna, a land of mysteries and secrets, shaped by Jaq's own mind. Racing across the rugged moonscape, Jaq and Kate battle their way through Hades to Tiamat's lair and the ultimate showdown for the life and soul of their daughter. Sun Valley, Moon Mountains is a fantasy set in modern times against the breathtaking backdrop of the Mountain West and woven throughout, on the tapestry of Luna, with the heroes of the Iliad and the ancient gods of Sumer. On its pages, you'll encounter startling creatures like Rock Cats, Sand Banshees and Dust Bats, as well as a pair of passionate, yet Stoic, protagonists. Follow their Heroes' Journey, as Jaq and Kate learn to replace pain with power, and to confront the ultimate question: is their daughter theirs to rescue, or must she be set free to follow her own destiny?

Download or read book Killer Weekend written by Ridley Pearson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-10 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THAT?LL LEAVE READERS BREATHLESS. Controversial New York State Attorney General Liz Shaler is announcing her candidacy for president at a high-profile convergence of media heavy-hitters. Also in attendance is an assassin with a brilliant and foolproof plan.

Download or read book Hemingway s Sun Valley Local Stories behind his Code Characters and Crisis written by Phil Huss and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-20 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a cold, "windless, blue sky day" in the fall of 1939 near Silver Creek--a blue-ribbon trout stream south of Sun Valley. Ernest Hemingway flushed three mallards and got each duck with three pulls. He spent the morning working on his novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. Local hunting guide Bud Purdy attested, "You could have given him a million dollars and he wouldn't have been any happier." Educator Phil Huss delves into previously unpublished stories about Hemingway's adventures in Idaho, with each chapter focusing on one principle of the author's "Heroic Code." Huss interweaves how both local stories and passages from the luminary's works embody each principle. Readers will appreciate Hemingway's affinity for Idaho and his passion for principles that all would do well to follow.

Download or read book Finding Love in Sun Valley Idaho written by Angela Ruth Strong and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actress Emily Van Arsdale has finally returned to her home state--with an entire film crew in tow! With stunning scenery and a reputation for hosting celebrities, Sun Valley is the perfect setting for Emily's latest romantic comedy. Tracen Lake is happy to work as a stunt consultant for the movie but not as thrilled to deal with a bunch of high-maintenance Hollywood types. Tracen is surprised to discover in Emily a down-to-earth Idaho girl who does all her own stunts and loves the outdoors. As filming wraps up and Emily heads off to her next gig, will she be able to leave Sun Valley--and Tracen--behind?

Download or read book In the Valley of the Sun written by Andy Davidson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A finalist for the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. Deftly written and utterly addictive, this Western literary horror debut will find a home with fans of authors like Joe Hill, Cormac McCarthy, and Anne Rice. One night in 1980, a man becomes a monster. Haunted by his past, Travis Stillwell spends his nights searching out women in West Texas honky-tonks. What he does with them doesn’t make him proud, just quiets the demons for a little while. But after Travis crosses paths one night with a mysterious pale-skinned girl, he wakes weak and bloodied in his cabover camper the next morning—with no sign of a girl, no memory of the night before. Annabelle Gaskin spies the camper parked behind her motel and offers the cowboy a few odd jobs to pay his board. Travis takes her up on the offer, if only to buy time, to lay low and heal. By day, he mends the old motel, insinuating himself into the lives of Annabelle and her ten-year-old son. By night, in the cave of his camper, he fights an unspeakable hunger. Before long, Annabelle and her boy come to realize that this strange cowboy is not what he seems. Half a state away, a grizzled Texas Ranger is hunting Travis for his past misdeeds, but what he finds will lead him to a revelation far more monstrous. A man of the law, he’ll have to decide how far into the darkness he’ll go for the sake of justice. When these lives converge on a dusty autumn night, an old evil will find new life—and new blood.

Download or read book Rugged Mercy written by Robert Wright and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the dead of night in 1894, a trembling, wide-eyed 13-year-old boy assisted with his first surgery--an experience that changed his life. At times, he performed operations by lantern light and traveled by buggy, dogsled, or Studebaker to reach remote patients. In 1917, he led the rescue effort following the North Star mine avalanche disaster.

Download or read book The Unstuck Church written by Tony Morgan and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed church leader, blogger, founder and chief strategic officer of The Unstuck Group, Tony Morgan unpacks the lifecycle of a typical church, identifies characteristics of each phase, and provides practical next steps a church can take to move towards sustained health. Think about your church for a moment. Is it growing? Is it diminishing? Is it somewhere in between? Acclaimed church leader, blogger, and founder and chief strategic officer of The Unstuck Group, Tony Morgan has identified the seven stages of a church's lifecycle that range from the hopeful and optimistic days of launch, to the stagnating last stages of life support. Regardless of the stage in which you find your church, it carries with it the world's greatest mission—to "go and make disciples of all the nations . . ." With eternity at stake the Church should be doing most everything within its power to see lives changed forever. The Church should strive for the pinnacle of the lifecycle, where they are continually making new disciples and experiencing what Morgan refers to as "sustained health." In The Unstuck Church, Morgan unpacks each phase of the church lifecycle, and offers specific and strategic next steps the church leader can take to find it's way to sustained health . . . and finally become unstuck. The Unstuck Church is a call for honest an assessment of where your church sits on the lifecycle, and a challenge to move beyond it.

Download or read book Sun Valley Ketchum and the Wood River Valley written by John W. Lundin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sun Valley and Ketchum are in Idaho's Wood River Valley, gateway to backcountry and wilderness areas. Settlers first arrived in the early 1880s, attracted by a silver rush. In 1883, the railroad connected the valley to the world beyond its borders and brought in outside capital. During the silver depression of the 1890s, mining was replaced by sheep raising, and the area later shipped more sheep than anywhere except Australia. In 1936, during the Great Depression, Union Pacific board chairman Averell Harriman built Sun Valley, the country's first destination ski resort, spending $2.5 million in two years ($45 million today). Sun Valley offered a lavish lifestyle, a luxurious lodge, Austrian ski instructors, and chairlifts invented by Union Pacific engineers. Known as America's St. Moritz, it was a magnet for beautiful people and serious skiers. It had a monopoly on grandeur for decades and influenced ski areas that developed later. Subsequent owners Bill Janss and the Holding family expanded and improved Sun Valley, making it one of the world's premier year-round resorts.

Download or read book Vintage Restaurant written by Jeff Keys and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vintage Restaurant is renowned for its rustic elegance, including impeccably prepared and presented cuisine with a sophisticated flair that reflects the untamed beauty of the West. Fresh, in-season ingredients, local flavors, heirloom vegetables, and friendly atmosphere make Vintage the ultimate place to savor a meal after a hard day on the challenging slopes of Sun Valley. Now, experience the unforgettable cuisine of Vintage Restaurant in this new book, featuring classic yet innovative recipes for appetizers, entrees, pastas, salads, soups, and handcrafted desserts.

Download or read book Wicked Devil written by Daniela Romero and published by Devils of Sun Valley High. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roman Valdez is the Devil.He sneers at me.He hates me.He wants to hurt me.Let him try.He thinks he's untouchable. The self-appointed Devil of Sun Valley High. But I've already lost everything and everyone I care about.It's me he should be afraid of. Not the other way around.Because I have nothing left to lose, and he can't break what's already broken.At least, that's what I thought.But when the Devil begins picking up the pieces, I realize while he might not break me. He can absolutely shatter me, heart and soul.And I just might let him.

Download or read book Heartbeats written by Kellie Coates Gilbert and published by Amnos Media Group. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heartbeats returns readers to the quaint resort town of Sun Valley, Idaho with a moving story about three sisters rebuilding their lives when they've got nothing left to lose. Karyn Macadam is starting over after losing her husband to a skiing accident. She's given her heart to a handsome backcountry pilot and has a new job running the Sun Valley Lodge. Finally, her trampled heart is healing. That is, until a surprise visitor shows up and creates a plot twist that will shock even the most ardent readers.Leigh Ann Blackburn faces an unexpected turn of events that opens old wounds and upends the world Leigh Ann has carefully built-and the results, though not entirely what she expected, might be what she's been yearning for all along.Joie Abbott's long-awaited new beginning comes with unanticipated twists and turns . . . and a risk that will cost her far more than she could have imagined-perhaps more than she can survive."Welcome into a family you feel you've known for years." A great reading option for fans of Debbie Macomber and Susan Wiggs.

Download or read book Killer View written by Ridley Pearson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dead search-and-rescue team member, a missing friend, an unexplained illness at a local water-bottling plant that sends workers to the hospital and sets off biohazard warnings may have something in common as Sun Valley sheriff Walt Fleming follows threa

Download or read book Promises written by Kellie Coates Gilbert and published by Amnos Media Group. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PROMISES . . . a story about the problem with secrets, the power of love and the unbreakable bond between sisters Welcome back to the resort town of Sun Valley for another heartwarming story in the Sun Valley Series where you’ll find stunning mountain vistas and blue skies . . . and three close-knit sisters who depend on each other through thick and thin. “You become part of the family in this wonderfully crafted novel.” Karyn Macadam is determined to move on from the pain of her past and embrace the beauty of her future, but she soon realizes her new beginning comes with unanticipated risks that could cost her far more than she could have imagined—perhaps more than she can endure. Leigh Ann Blackburn is supportive and outspoken and fiercely protective of her sisters. As she plans the wedding of the season, she learns the joys of sisterhood can quickly turn as she faces a betrayal she never saw coming. Joie Abbott prepares to wed the man she swore she’d avoid, the one who has been by her side from the beginning—the man she was destined to love. But, when a looming storm threatens everything, can she learn to trust him? A poignant novel about family, in all its heartbreaking and splendid forms. A great reading option for fans of Debbie Macomber and Susan Mallery.

Download or read book Savage Devil written by Daniela Romero and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's hard to deny a Devil ?Especially one who promises you a night you'll never forget.One night.No exchanging names.No exchanging numbers.That was the deal we made.I was moving away. I'd never see him again and I wanted to leave Sun Valley with zero regrets.Only I got more than I bargained for and nine months later delivered a bundle of joy complete with ten tiny fingers and ten perfect toes.A year and a half later, I'm back.And this Devil is no longer the devil in my dreams. Now he haunts my nightmares.He's savage.He's sinful.And I'm barely a blip on his radar.I came with good intentions. Determined to tell him the truth. But with so much on the line, I'm beginning to reconsider.Because making a deal with the devil again just might be another mistake.