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English
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Sam Brannan and Elizabeth Byers
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Western Lives : a Biographical History of the American West
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Albuquerque
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University of New Mexico Press
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147-176
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'Mormons and miners stand at the center of how we imagine the American West at the formative moment of the mid-nineteenth century. . . .This essay uses two less-well-known figures, a much-maligned Mormon named Samuel Brannan and Elizabeth Byers, a Colorado socialite who never picked up a pan, pick, or drill, to examine these stories. Their lives illustrate the broad significance of Mormons and miners to the American West by highlighting the complex intentions and outcomes for each group and for the people they displaced and conquered.' (taken from author's introduction)