City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California

Klappentext Published in 1861! this account of Burton's trip to Salt Lake City focuses on the Mormon church and its customs. Zusammenfassung First published in 1861, this book is an account of Sir Richard F. Burton's 1860 trip to Salt Lake City. The British explorer and ethnologist (1821–90) describes the customs of the Mormon community and his meeting with the church's leader, the prophet Brigham Young, founder of the city. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Why I went to Great Salt Lake City; 2. The Sioux or Dakotas; 3. Concluding the route to the Gt. S. L. City; 4. First week at Gt. S. L. City. Preliminaries; 5. Second week at Gt. S. L. City. Visit to the prophet; 6. Descriptive geography, ethnology, and statistics of UT; 7. Third week at Gt. S. L. City. Excursions; 8. Excursions continued; 9. Latter-Day Saints. Of the Mormon religion; 10. Further observations at Gt. S. L. City; 11. Last days at Gt. S. L. City; 12. To Ruby Valley; 13. To Carson Valley; Conclusion; Appendices; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Francis Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.09.2011
• EAN: 9781108033169
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03316-9
• No. of pages: 752
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - North American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Utah, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of the Americas