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A historian of Utah, Latter-day Saints and the American West who knows his roots


A historian of Utah, Latter-day Saints and the American West who knows his roots
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Colter Peterson, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY When he was writing his dissertation for his doctorate in history, Paul Reeve sat down with a faculty member to go over his first draft. This was the conversation:
Faculty member: “This sentence sounds like a hick from Hurricane wrote it.”
Reeve: “But I am a hick from Hurricane.”
Faculty member: “Well, you better not write like one.”
Reeve laughs at the memory, partly because he can afford to he got his doctorate. And partly because, ever the historian, he’s a stickler for accuracy. ....

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