The Mormon passage of George D. Watt : first British convert, scribe for Zion /

"Nineteenth century Mormonism was a frontier religion with roots so entangled with the American experience as to be seen by some scholars as the most American of religions and by others as a direct critique of that experience. Yet it was also a missionary religion that through proselytizing qui...

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Main Author: Watt, Ronald G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, [2009]
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Table of Contents:
  • "On the Lord's business"
  • Early life in Britain
  • Journey to America and Nauvoo
  • Mission to Britain
  • Across the wide Atlantic and on to Zion
  • Life and times in Utah : politics in the territory
  • Reporter for Zion
  • Deseret alphabet
  • Family and life in Salt Lake City
  • A man for all seasons : intellectual activities
  • Sermons of obedience : traveling with Brigham Young and to Britain
  • Life-changing events : leaving the office, businessman
  • Spiritual wanderings : apostasy and spiritualism
  • Family and farm life in Davis County.