"A Providential Means of Agitating Mormonism" : Parley P. Pratt and the San Francisco Press in the 1850's
Maffly-Kipp, Laurie F.,Neilson, Reid L.
Proclamation to the People : Nineteenth-century Mormonism and the Pacific Basin Frontier
Salt Lake City
The University of Utah Press
2008
97-120
In this essay, Grow discusses how Parley P. Pratt's essays were published by the San Francisco Press. The Mormons were receiving bad press so Pratt wanted to get his voice and opinions out there to let others know the truth about Mormonism. This essay gives an overview of Pratt and his relationship with the newspapers.