Polygamy on the Pedernales Lyman Wight's Mormon Villages in Antebellum Texas, 1845 to 1858 by Melvin C. Johnson

Name/Title

Polygamy on the Pedernales Lyman Wight's Mormon Villages in Antebellum Texas, 1845 to 1858 by Melvin C. Johnson

Description

The wild ram of Texas -- Militant Mormonism on the American frontier -- The wild ram strays from the fold -- Gone to Texas -- Frontier Mormonism in the Texas hill country -- Bishop George Miller and zodiac : 1848-1849 -- Cutting the wild ram from the flock -- Independent Mormonism in antebellum Texas -- Polygamy and a temple on the pedernales -- The Mormon Millers of Hamilton Valley -- The Mormon cowboys of Bandera County -- The way of all flesh. 231 p. :ill., map, ports. ;24 cm.

Book Details

Author

Johnson, Melvin C.

Place Published

City

Logan, UT

Date Published

circa 2006

Publication Subjects

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Texas--History. Wight, Lyman.

Call No.

BX8615 .T45 J64 2006

ISBN

0874216273 (hardcover : alk. paper), 0874216281 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005035650

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-223) and index.