[…] from Monte McLaws’ doctoral dissertation, Spokesman for the Kingdom is a terse, well-researched biography of the Deseret News and Mormon journalism from 1830 to 1898. The book is thematically organized around the topics of […]
[…] mention the necessity of providing protection against the elements), the missionaries appealed to readers of the Deseret News to donate used clothing, “especially shirts, to help cover the nakedness of the Indians, especially the […]
[…] trying to smile, to laugh; trying to mimic the Pied Piper and convert embarrassment into humor. But breaking down, hollering at them: “Get the hell out! Get the hell out of here! All of […]
[…] mid-1600s which have survived to the present. Going even further than the warring Anglicans and Puritans in breaking with the beliefs and practices of Roman Catholicism, the Quakers adopted the position that the ultimate […]
[…] the compounds of carbon, organic chemistry, and quantitative analysis. Stu dents had to keep current with Chemical News and The American Chemist, which was co-edited by William H. Chandler of Lehigh, a man from […]
[…] that primary, handwritten documents were abundantly discoverable. The documents of lesser importance than the few that made news stories gave his major discoveries credibility, and vice versa. His customers knew that they could lose […]
[…] bathtub while he unlaced his boots. He stood and slowly shook them out into the toilet. “I am tired,” he said, out loud, looking into the mouth of his boot. It was hard work […]
[…] towns just to escape and get married? Girls who’ve never even been out of the state? What am I going to talk about with girls like that? Fred is charming, but I don’t want […]
[…] vote to end polygamy. This tactic was suggested by the New York Times in 1867 (reprint, Deseret News, 15 Jan. 1867; Beeton 1986, x) and was subsequently introduced as a bill in the United […]
[…] me than the standard married Mormon fare. All this comes by way of introduction. And although I am aware of the darkness lurking beyond my world, I have never personally experienced abuse, discrimination, or […]