Where others saw only sage, a salt lake, and a great desert, the Mormons saw their "lovely Deseret", a land of lilacs, honeycombs, poplars, and fruit trees. Unwelcome in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, they migrated to the dry lands between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada to establish Mormon country, a wasteland made green. Like the land the Mormons settled, their habits stood in stark contrast to the frenzied recklessness of the American West. Opposed to the often prodigal individualism of the West, Mormons lived in closely knit - some say ironclad - communities. The story of Mormon country is one of self-sacrifice and labour spent in the search for an ideal in the most forbidding territory of the American West. Richard W. Etulain provides a new introduction to this edition.
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Hardback Editions
March 1982 : Hardback
| Title: Mormon Country Author(s): Wallace Earle Stegner ISBN: 0-8032-4129-1 / 978-0-8032-4129-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1942 : Hardback
| Title: Mormon Country(American Folkways Series) Author(s): Wallace Stegner Publisher: Duell Sloan & Pearce Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
September 2003 : Paperback
| Title: Mormon Country (Second Edition) Author(s): Wallace Stegner ISBN: 0-8032-9305-4 / 978-0-8032-9305-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Bison Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1981 : Paperback
| Title: Mormon Country (Bison Book Printing) Author(s): Wallace Earle Stegner ISBN: 0-8032-9125-6 / 978-0-8032-9125-6 (USA edition) Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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