At sword's point; a documentary history of the Utah War to 1858; part 1.9780870623530 At sword's point; a documentary history of the Utah War Utah War, in U.S. history, conflict between Mormons and the U.S. government. In the spring of 1857, President James Buchanan appointed a non-Mormon, Alfred Cumming, as governor of the Utah Territory, replacing Brigham Young, and dispatched troops to enforce the order. to 1858; part 1. MacKinnon, William P. The Arthur H. Clark Arthur H. Clark (born 1924) is an award-winning Australian sculptor from Bundaberg, in Queensland. Clark was born in Blandford Forum, Dorset, in the United Kingdom, and migrated to Australia with his family in 1963. Co. 2008 546 pages $45.00 Hardcover Kingdom in the West: the Mormons and the American frontier; v.10 F826 The war pitted the US Army against militias of Mormon settlers in Utah during what we now know was the eve of the US Civil War. The material documenting it collected in these two volumes include letters, diary entries, newspaper editorials and dispatches, reminiscences and memoirs mem·oir n. 1. An account of the personal experiences of an author. 2. An autobiography. Often used in the plural. 3. A biography or biographical sketch. 4. , military correspondence and reports, poems, and dramas. Also included are quilts, folk songs folk song, music of anonymous composition, transmitted orally. The theory that folk songs were originally group compositions has been modified in recent studies. , hymns, photographs, paintings, and maps. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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