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English
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Riding in the Shadows of Saints : A Woman's Story of Motorcycling the Mormon Trail
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New York, NY
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Crown Publishers
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299
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This book describes one woman's motorcycle journey along the Mormon Trail. It also contains stories from the pioneers' journey in the nineteenth century. But, according to the author, "I did not set out to write a historical text of Mormonism or of the Mormon Trail, and if that's what one is looking for, there are far better sources than this book. The story I tell here is mine alone, but as far as it is determined by the men and women of Mormonism, I have attempted to fairly and honestly set down what I believe to be accurate. . . . Because my intent was not to write history but instead to discover my own, I have relied upon those historians and writers I deem to be trustworthy and whose work seems to have withstood the test of time: Leonard J. Arrington, Fawn M. Brodie, Bernard DeVoto, and Wallace Stegner."