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10/17/08: Bargaining for Eden

A new luxury home below Strawberry Peak in Utah's Wasatch Mountains.
Photo by Stephen Trimble
A new luxury home below Strawberry Peak in Utah's Wasatch Mountains.

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – In "Bargaining for Eden," author Stephen Trimble can be tough in his assessment of how billionaire Earl Holding acquired public land for a ski resort and made a deal to host the 2002 Winter Olympics there. But Trimble's own environmental philosophy was put to the test when he became a landowner and developer himself. (Rebroadcast)

  • Stephen Trimble will speak as part of the Utah Humanities Book Festival. The Festival runs next Wednesday, October 22 through Saturday, October 25, and Trimble will speak Saturday at 11:00 a.m. For full details, click here or call 801-359-9670.
  • Click here for more information about Stephen Trimble.

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