The selected letters of Juanita Brooks [electronic resource] / edited by Craig S. Smith.

"The 220 letters selected for this book offer a fresh and intimate encounter with Juanita Brooks, one of the most influential historians of Utah and the Mormons. Born and raised in the small and remote agricultural village of Bunkerville, Nevada, Brooks lived most most of her life in St. George, Uta...

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Main Author: Brooks, Juanita, 1898-1989 (Author)
Other Authors: Smith, Craig S., 1967- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2019]
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 470-491) and index. 
505 0 |a 1941-1943 : mentoring under Dale Morgan -- 1944-1946 : laboring with Quicksand and cactus -- 1947-1950 : publishing "Mountain Meadows Massacre" -- 1951-1952 : aftermath of the Mountain Meadows Massacre book -- 1953-1956 : editing the John D. Lee diaries -- 1957-1959 : writing the John D. Lee biography -- 1960-1961 : move to Salt Lake City and the reinstatement of John D. Lee -- 1962 : completing the Hosea Stout journals -- 1965-1966 : back in St. George and receiving an honorary degree -- 1965-1966 : looking for her next major project -- 1967-1969 : continual insistence on truth in Mormon history -- 1970-1971 : passing of Will Brooks and back to Salt Lake City. 
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