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Author | : Wallace Stegner |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780803293052 |
Where others saw only sage, a salt lake, and a great desert, the Mormons saw their ?lovely Deseret,? a land of lilacs, honeycombs, poplars, and fruit trees. Unwelcome in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, they migrated to the dry lands between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada to establish Mormon country, a wasteland made green. Like the land the Mormons settled, their habits stood in stark contrast to the frenzied recklessness of the American West. Opposed to the often prodigal individualism of the West, Mormons lived in closely knit ?øsome say ironclad ?øcommunities. The story of Mormon country is one of self-sacrifice and labor spent in the search for an ideal in the most forbidding territory of the American West. Richard W. Etulain provides a new introduction to this edition.
Author | : Winnifred C. Jardine |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Cooking |
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Author | : John Codman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1874 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Richard Abanes |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 672 |
Release | : 2003-07-29 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781568582832 |
Founded in 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was initially perceived as a movement of polygamous, radical zealots; now in parts of the U.S. it has become synonymous with the establishment. In reevaluating its preoccupation with issues of church and state, Abanes uncovers the political agenda at Mormonism's core: the transformation of the world into a theocratic kingdom under Mormon authority. This illustrated edition has been revised and offers a new postscript by the author.
Author | : Ethan R. Yorgason |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2024-02-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0252056531 |
In this unique study, Ethan R. Yorgason examines the Mormon "culture region" of the American West, which in the late nineteenth century was characterized by sexual immorality, communalism, and anti-Americanism but is now marked by social conservatism. Foregrounding the concept of region, Yorgason traces the conformist-conservative trajectory that arose from intense moral and ideological clashes between Mormons and non-Mormons from 1880 to 1920. Looking through the lenses of regional geography, history, and cultural studies, Yorgason investigates shifting moral orders relating to gender authority, economic responsibility, and national loyalty, community, and home life. Transformation of the Mormon Culture Region charts how Mormons and non-Mormons resolved their cultural contradictions over time by a progressive narrowing of the range of moral positions on gender (in favor of Victorian gender relations), the economy (in favor of individual economics), and the nation (identifying with national power and might). Mormons and non-Mormons together constructed a regime of effective coexistence while retaining regional distinctiveness.
Author | : John Codman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2017-08-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780649012695 |
Author | : John Codman |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2023-11-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3368841343 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Author | : Jon Krakauer |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 2004-06-08 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 1400078997 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. • Now an acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU. “Fantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song.” —San Francisco Chronicle Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God; some 40,000 people still practice polygamy in these communities. At the core of Krakauer’s book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to kill a blameless woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder, Krakauer constructs a multi-layered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, polygamy, savage violence, and unyielding faith. Along the way he uncovers a shadowy offshoot of America’s fastest growing religion, and raises provocative questions about the nature of religious belief.
Author | : Monte Bona |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2015-05-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1625854676 |
Utah's Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area offers breathtaking natural resources, powerful historical drama and intriguing cultural traditions. This rich legacy is built on old-world values of cooperation, industry, ingenuity and true grit--as well as a miracle or two. From frontier justice and lost treasure to the lasting contributions of a Presbyterian minister and a Jewish settlement, talented regional historians, educators and storytellers bring to life these legends, lore and true tales from the heart of Mormon country.
Author | : James B. Allen |
Publisher | : Shadow Mountain |
Total Pages | : 824 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Religion |
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