Category Archives: mormon

October 27, 2008

Salt Lake City – The Last Days

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May 29, 2008

“Making Space on the Western Frontier” wins a Mormon History award

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Mormon-Chronicles reports that W. Paul Reeve’s Making Space on the Western Frontier: Mormons, Minors, and Southern Paiutes won a Best First Book award from the Mormon History Association.      

December 4, 2007

By Common Consent’s interview with Eric Eliason

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Steve Evans, writing for the Mormon site By Common Consent, interviews University of Illinois Press author Eric Eliason about his new book The J. Golden Kimball Stories. In his introduction to the interview, Evans says, “the book is a great read and can … Continue reading →

November 14, 2007

J. Golden Kimball: Man AND Myth?

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A Motley Vision ponders the contents of Eric Eliason’s new book The J. Golden Kimball Stories. “There was a time when I had my doubts about the existence of J. Golden Kimball. I wanted him to be real. But I … Continue reading →

October 30, 2007

Juvenile Instructor’s “The Future of Mormon Publishing”

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The Juvenile Instructor, observing that the University of Illinois Press has been at the forefront of Mormon Studies publishing but has recently lost an acquisitions editor in that discipline to retirement, asks, “Where is the future for Mormon history scholarship?”