HOMEWARD TO ZION : THE MORMON MIGRATION FROM SCANDINAVIA

Mulder, William

ISBN 10: 0816636745 / ISBN 13: 9780816636747

Published by University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Mn, U. S. A., 1957

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Cover has some light edge and corner wear.; In the late nineteenth century, thirty thousand Mormons from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland immigrated to Utah, dissatisfied with conditions in their homelands. As their countrymen were farming rich fields in other parts of the United States, Scandinavian Mormons were making their way to Salt Lake City. Homeward to Zion tracks this movement from northern Europe to the western desert, examining the Mormon recruiting efforts in Scandinavia as well as the arduous journey across the Great Plains. Mulder draws extensively from personal narratives of these immigrants to relate their pioneering experience and their role in the history of Scandinavian migration and of the settlement of the American West. ; 6.25" x 9.25"; 375 pages; Seller Inventory # 58963

Bibliographic Details

Title: HOMEWARD TO ZION : THE MORMON MIGRATION FROM...

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Mn, U. S. A.

Publication Date: 1957

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket

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Synopsis:

The classic history of this emblematic moment in U.S. immigration.

In the late nineteenth century, thirty thousand Mormons from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland immigrated to Utah, dissatisfied with conditions in their homelands. As their countrymen were farming rich fields in other parts of the United States, Scandinavian Mormons were making their way to Salt Lake City. Homeward to Zion tracks this movement from northern Europe to the western desert, examining the Mormon recruiting efforts in Scandinavia as well as the arduous journey across the Great Plains. Mulder draws extensively from personal narratives of these immigrants to relate their pioneering experience and their role in the history of Scandinavian migration and of the settlement of the American West.

About the Author:

William Mulder was professor of American studies at the University of Utah.