| Description |
320 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-305) and index. |
| Contents |
From the glens of Loch Lomond -- Calico flowers -- Mormon missionaries -- Fires of faith: a vision -- Among the Saints -- Farewell to Scotland -- Sails set for New Orleans -- The destroyer rides upon the waters -- Going home to Zion -- The Promised Land -- Famine, loss, and reformation -- Murder for apostasy -- Troubles and terror -- A year of disruption -- The army cometh -- Cradlebaugh's court -- Shaking the dust from their feet -- A new life, a new vision. |
| Summary |
"Mormon Convert, Mormon Defector" reveals the tumultuous 1850s in Utah and the West in vivid detail. Drawing on Scottish convert Peter McAuslan's own writings and other archival sources, Aird offers a rare interior portrait of a Mormon in whom religious enthusiasm warred with indignation at absolutist religious authorities and fear for the consequences of dissension. In so doing, Aird brings to life a dramatic but little-known period of American history. |
| Subject |
McAuslan, Peter, 1824-1908.
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Mormon converts -- Scotland -- Biography.
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Ex-church members -- United States -- Biography.
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Ex-church members -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780870623691 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0870623699 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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