The Mormon handcart migration: "tounge nor pen can never tell the sorrow"
Calling the faithful -- Casting lots with God -- "Our hearts were cheered" -- The overland journey begins, 1856 -- The fourth company: the Willie Company, 1856 -- The fifth company: the Martin Company, 1856 -- "Go and bring in those people" -- "They are angels from heaven&qu...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Norman
University of Oklahoma Press
[2019]
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In: | Year: 2019 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mormon Church
/ USA
/ Migration
/ Wagons
/ Salt Lake City, Utah
/ History 1856-1860
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Further subjects: | B
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
History 19th century
B Edward Martin Emigrating Company B Mormon pioneers B Mormon handcart companies B James G. Willie Emigrating Company B Mormon Church History 19th century |
Summary: | Calling the faithful -- Casting lots with God -- "Our hearts were cheered" -- The overland journey begins, 1856 -- The fourth company: the Willie Company, 1856 -- The fifth company: the Martin Company, 1856 -- "Go and bring in those people" -- "They are angels from heaven" -- "I will not have such late starts" -- Facing the devil -- The sixth and seventh companies, 1857 -- Conditions at flash point -- The eighth company: resuming the migration, 1859 -- The final companies, 1860 -- Epilogue: "a day of reckoning in the future" -- Coda: legacy of the handcarts -- Appendix: company rosters |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 0806162619 |