Mormon convert, Mormon defector
An edition of Mormon convert, Mormon defector (2009)
A Scottish Immigrant in the American West, 1848-1861
By Polly Aird
Publish Date
2023
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Language
eng
Pages
320
Description:
"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.