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The best of the St. Louis Luminary / edited by Susan Easton Black.
- Title
- The best of the St. Louis Luminary / edited by Susan Easton Black.
- Publication
- Provo, Utah : BYU Studies ; Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | BX8615.M8 B47 2011 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Black, Susan Easton
- Description
- 186 p. : ill.; 23 cm. +
- Summary
- Published from November 1854 to December 1855, the St. Louis Luminary was started by Apostle Erastus Snow, the Latter-day Saint leader over the region. The newspaper maintained contact among the members, helped emigrating Saints stay focused on their ultimate destination in the West, and played a significant role in the national discussion of polygamy.
- Series Statement
- Documents in Latter-day Saint history
- Uniform Title
- Documents in Latter-day Saint history.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- "Includes a searchable DVD-ROM of all 52 issues."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographic references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- St. Louis Luminary: the Latter-day Saint experience at the Mississippi, 1854-1855 -- General epistle of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Counsel from Brigham Young and the First Presidency -- Minutes of church conferences held at St. Louis, Missouri (November 4, 1854-October 6-8, 1855) -- Counsel from the leadership of the St. Louis Stake -- Defense of plural marriage -- Prospect of a Mormon war -- Poetry -- Letters from the mission field -- Westward bound emigrants -- Marriages -- Deaths -- Words of wisdom -- Humor.
- ISBN
- 9780842527521 (paperback : alk. paper)
- 0842527524 (paperback : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2010041947
- OCLC
- 495778685
- SCSB-12591736
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library