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Far Away in the West :
Reflections on the Mormon Pioneer Trail -
Provo, UT : Salt Lake City, UT
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BYU Religious Studies Center ; Deseret Book Company
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320
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The story of the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo to a new mountain home far away in the west still stirs the imagination of writers, artists, historians, and musicians. Letters, diaries, and other manuscript sources continue to be discovered that recount this thrilling chapter in Mormon history. An entire believing people came to trust that they would find their place to worship without fear of persecution if they followed their God. This book is divided into three sections of the Mormon pioneers experiences. Even readers who have followed this history will discover new and inspiring facts about this enduring story.
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"A Complete Struggle": Zion Building and Women Connected to the Mormon Battalion
Dixie Saints : Laborers in the Field
"In Honorable Remembrance to All Generations": Commemoration and the Making of Mormon Battalion Memory, 1921-2021
"I Was Not Ready to Die Yet" : William Stowell's Utah War Ordeal
Restless Pilgrim : Andrew Jenson's Quest for Latter-day Saint History
The Journey West : The Mormon Pioneer Journals of Horace K. Whitney with Insights by Helen Mar Kimball Whitney
Utah and the American Civil War : The Written Record