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Confessions of a revisionist historian : David L. Bigler on Mormons and the West / with an appreciation by Polly Aird ; edited by Will Bagley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bigler, David L., 1927-2018, author.
- Series:
- Utah, the Mormons, and the West ; 16.
- Utah, the Mormons, and the West ; 16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bigler, David L., 1927-2018.
- Bigler, David L.
- Historians--Utah.
- Historians.
- Pioneers--Utah.
- Pioneers.
- Latter Day Saint churches--History--19th century.
- Latter Day Saint churches.
- History.
- Utah--History--19th century.
- Utah.
- Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857.
- Utah--Description and travel.
- Physical Description:
- 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Manufacture:
- Spokane, Wash. : Capital A Publications.
- Place of Publication:
- [Salt Lake City, Utah] : Tanner Trust Fund and J. Willard Marriott Library, 2015.
- Contents:
- Polly Aird: an appreciation of David L. Bigler.
- David L. Bigler: a brief biography
- Editorial notes
- Abbreviations
- How I became a revisionist historian.
- "Sword of Jehovah": the march of the Mormon Battalion.
- Eyewitness to discovery: Azariah Smith.
- Seeing the elephant in Utah: the gold rush and the Mormon kingdom.
- Garland Hurt, the American friend of the Utahs.
- The great reformation: prelude to the 1857-1858 Utah War.
- "A lion in the path": genesis of the Utah War, 1857-1858.
- Terror on the trail: the massacre at Mountain Meadows.
- The Aiken party executions and the Utah War, 1857-1858.
- The crisis at Fort Limhi, 1858.
- One of nature's ladies: the life and loves of Lewis Warren Shurtliff.
- Mormon missionaries, the Utah War, and the 1858 Bannock raid on Fort Limhi.
- James Hervey Simpson: exploring the Great Basin.
- "A most bright, earnest and winsom company": Christian missionary teachers in Utah Territory.
- The coast-to-coast rock road: the Lincoln Highway in Utah.
- More than a beacon: a tribute to Jerald and Sandra Tanner.
- In memory of Harold Schindler.
- A few more good men.
- David L. Bigler: a selected bibliography: books, articles, and awards.
- Notes:
- "Limited to an edition of 1,000 copies."--Page following page 286.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780692371206
- 0692371206
- OCLC:
- 914573151
- Publisher Number:
- 99967151962
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