Mormon Historical Studies - Spring 2011 | Vol. 12 | No. 1

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Articles

Introduction

Latter-day Saint Poetry and Songs of the Utah War
By Kenneth L. Alford

From The God Makers to the Myth Maker- Simultaneous— and Lasting—Challenges to Mormonism’s Reputation in the 1980s
By J. B. Haws

Mormonism’s Blacksmith Orator- B. H. Roberts at the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions
By Reid L. Neilson

The Historical and Geographical Beginnings of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
By R. Jean Addams and Alexander L. Baugh

Making Friends Down Under- The Beginnings of LDS Missionary Work on Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia, 1961
By Fred E. Woods

Historic Sites

“A Shrine to the Whole Church”- The History of the St. George Tabernacle
By Michael N. Landon

Documents

“Come & Help Build the Temple & City”- Parley P. and Orson Pratt’s May 1843 Letter to John Van Cott
By Brian M. Hauglid

Junius F. Wells Award

Richard Lyman Bushman- 2011 Recipient of the Junius F. Wells Award
By Robert S. Clark

Book Reviews

Massacre at Mountain Meadows- An American Tragedy
Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., and Glen M. Leonard
Reviewed by Stephen C. Taysom

Massacre at Mountain Meadows- An American Tragedy
Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., and Glen M. Leonard
Reviewed by Scott K. Thomas

Sacred Borders- Continuing Revelation and Canonical Restraint in Early America
By David F. Holland
Reviewed by Christopher C. Jones

Mormons as Citizens of a Communist State- A Documentary History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in East Germany, 1945–1990
By Raymond Kuehne
Reviewed by Roger P. Minert

Upon the Temple Lot- The Church of Christ’s Quest to Build the House of the Lord
R. Jean Addam
Reviewed by H. Michael Marquardt