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This book, originally published in 1956, was written by famed Mormon authors Austin and Alta Fife. Based on hundreds of interviews with Mormons, old and young, far and they aimed to present a Mormon view of their culture, society and history. Specific topics include typical life-cycle events, the early history and founding of the Mormon Church, missionary activities, polygamy, Mormon-Indian relations, supernatural beliefs and practices, the establishment...
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Utah State University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
x, 243 p. ; 22 cm
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English
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Mormons gave to supernatural legends and events distinctive meanings related to Mormon theology and culture, but such narratives incorporated motifs found in many cultures. Many such historical legends and beliefs continue to find adherents down to the present. In this collection, historians employ folklore to illuminate the cultural and religious history of the Mormon people.
5) Family recordings of Nauvoo -- 1845 and before: including minutes of the first LDS family gathering
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Stanway Printing Co
Pub. Date
1965
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48 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Leonard J. Arrington Mormon history lecture volume no. 25
Publisher
Special Collections & Archives Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
vi, 16 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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In volume 25 of the Arrington Lecture Series, Richard White discusses the transcontinental railroads impact on Utahs environment, culture, and political atmosphere. In the 150 years since the completion of the Pacific Railroad, there have been lasting implications across the West, including for the early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints settlers.
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Oklahoma western biographies volume 31
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Utah's first territorial governor, Brigham Young (1801-77) shaped a religion, a migration, and the American West. He led the Saints to Utah, guided the establishment of 350 settlements, and inspired the Mormons as they weathered unimaginable trials and hardships. Although he generally succeeded, some decisions, especially those regarding the Mormon Reformation and the Black Hawk War,...
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
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IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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High school senior Tanner Scott has hidden his bisexuality since his family moved to Utah, but he falls hard for Sebastian, a Mormon mentoring students in a writing seminar Tanner's best friend convinced him to take.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Seventeen-year-old Mormon girl Elizabeth is torn between becoming an astronomer and familial duties and faith when she navigates a whole new world of possibility, in this sweeping adventure set in Colorado in the late nineteenth century.
Elizabeth Bertelsen dreams of becoming an astronomer, but for her such dreams are as unreachable as the stars she so deeply adores. As a Mormon girl, her duty is to her family and, in a not too far away future, to...
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