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Commissioned for the pioneer sesquicentennial, here is a remarkable volume by Carol Cornwall Madsen that captures the spirit of the pioneer experience and spans the entire pioneer period, 1846-1869. It is a fine collection of documents selected from the writing and diaries of the pioneers who traveled the Mormon Trail. Readers are sure to gain a deeper understanding and greater appreciation for pioneer heritage and history.
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Ronald Holt recounts the survival of a people against all odds. A compound of rapid white settlement of the most productive Southern Paiute homelands, especially their farmlands near tributaries of the Colorado River; conversion by and labor for the Mormon settlers; and government neglect placed the Utah Paiutes in a state of dependency that ironically culminated in the 1957 termination of their status as federally recognized Indians. That recognition...
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HarperOne
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2016.
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English
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The bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus, one of the most renowned and controversial Bible scholars in the world today examines oral tradition and its role in shaping the stories about Jesus we encounter in the New Testament - and ultimately in our understanding of Christianity. Throughout much of human history, our most important stories were passed down orally - including the stories about Jesus before they became written down in the Gospels....
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American exploration and travel volume 83
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University of Oklahoma Press
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2016
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English
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"Details the daily lives and adventures of the 1875 Ferdinand V. Hayden survey team, largely through their own personal narratives region geography, and the American expansionist impulse"--Provided by publisher.
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