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On Zion's mount Mormons, Indians, and the American landscape / by Farmer, Jared, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Liquid antecedents -- Ute genesis, Mormon exodus -- Brigham Young and the famine of the Fish-Eaters -- The desertification of Zion -- pt. 2. …”
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Mormon Passage of George D. Watt : First British Convert, Scribe for Zion / by Watt, Ronald G.

Table of Contents: “…"On the Lord's business" -- Early life in Britain -- Journey to America and Nauvoo -- Mission to Britain -- Across the wide Atlantic and on to Zion -- Life and times in Utah : politics in the territory -- Reporter for Zion -- Deseret alphabet -- Family and life in Salt Lake City -- A man for all seasons : intellectual activities -- Sermons of obedience : traveling with Brigham Young and to Britain -- Life-changing events : leaving the office, businessman -- Spiritual wanderings : apostasy and spiritualism -- Family and farm life in Davis County.…”
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Mormon Passage of George D. Watt : First British Convert, Scribe for Zion / by Watt, Ronald G.

Table of Contents: “…"On the Lord's business" -- Early life in Britain -- Journey to America and Nauvoo -- Mission to Britain -- Across the wide Atlantic and on to Zion -- Life and times in Utah : politics in the territory -- Reporter for Zion -- Deseret alphabet -- Family and life in Salt Lake City -- A man for all seasons : intellectual activities -- Sermons of obedience : traveling with Brigham Young and to Britain -- Life-changing events : leaving the office, businessman -- Spiritual wanderings : apostasy and spiritualism -- Family and farm life in Davis County.…”
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The Mormon Church and Blacks : a documentary history /

Table of Contents: “…Mormon scriptural works : providing a canonical framework for race, slavery, and the status of Black people -- Joseph Smith and evolving Mormon attitudes and practices on slavery and race, 1830-1844 -- Brigham Young, the beginning black priesthood denial, and legalization of slavery in Utah, 1844-1877 -- Justifying and perpetuating black priesthood denial, 1877-1949 -- Church growth, confronting civil rights, and official affirmations of black priesthood denial, 1945-1970 -- The 1978 revelation and its implications -- Confronting the church's problematic racial past after 1978.…”
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The Mormon Church and Blacks : a documentary history /

Table of Contents: “…Mormon scriptural works : providing a canonical framework for race, slavery, and the status of Black people -- Joseph Smith and evolving Mormon attitudes and practices on slavery and race, 1830-1844 -- Brigham Young, the beginning black priesthood denial, and legalization of slavery in Utah, 1844-1877 -- Justifying and perpetuating black priesthood denial, 1877-1949 -- Church growth, confronting civil rights, and official affirmations of black priesthood denial, 1945-1970 -- The 1978 revelation and its implications -- Confronting the church's problematic racial past after 1978.…”
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Roll Away Saloon / by Rider, Rowland W., 1890-

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Roll Away Saloon / by Rider, Rowland W., 1890-

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