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Journal of Mormon History Volume 36 Issue 1 Winter 2010 Article 1 2010 Journal of Mormon History Vol. 36, No. 1, Winter 2010 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Journal of Mormon History: Vol. 36, Winter 2010: Iss. 1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Mormon History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Journal of Mormon History Vol. 36, No. 1, Winter 2010 Table of Contents LETTER --Handcart Study Misleads Breck England, vi ARTICLES --“As Fire Shut Up in My Bones”: Ebenezer Robinson, Don Carlos Smith, and the 1840 Edition of the Book of Mormon Kyle R. Walker, 1 --“Build, Therefore, Your Own World”: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joseph Smith, and Antebellum American Thought Benjamin E. Park, 41 --Mormon Rosies: Women and War Work in Manti Amanda Midgley Borneman, 73 --Lyman E. Johnson: Forgotten Apostle William Shepard and H. Michael Marquardt, 93 --An Independent Companion: Ethel Nash Parton and the Australian Relief Society Sherrie L. M. Gavin, 145 --“Read This I Pray Thee”: Martin Harris and the Three Wise Men of the East Richard E. Bennett, 178 REVIEWS --Michael W. Homer, ed. On the Way to Somewhere Else: European Sojourners in the Mormon West, 1834–1930 Dixie Dillon Lane, 217 --Cardell K. Jacobson, John P. Hoffmann, and Tim B. Heaton, eds. Revisiting Thomas F. O’Dea’s The Mormons: Contemporary Perspectives Howard M. Bahr, 220 --Jeffrey C. Fox, Latter-day Political Views John J Hammond, 230 --Susan Easton Black, Setting the Record Straight: Joseph Smith the Mormon Prophet William D. Russell, 234 --Johnnie Glad, The Mission of Mormonism in Norway,1851–1920: A Study and Analysis of the Reception Process Kim B. Östman, 237 --Craig L. Foster, A Different God? Mitt Romney, the Religious Right, and the Mormon Question, and Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster, The Mormon Quest for the Presidency Michael Harold Paulos, 241 --Reid L. Neilson, Global Mormonism in the 21st Century Matthew R. Lee, 256 BOOK NOTICES --Eileen Hallet Stone, ed. and comp., A Homeland in the West: Utah Jews Remember, 259 Kip Sperry, Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources, 260 Ronald L. Holt, Beneath These Red Cliffs: An Ethnohistory of the Utah Paiutes, 261 Bill Harris, A New Zion: The Story of the Latter-day Saints, 262 Stewart Aitchison, A Guide to Southern Utah’s Hole-in-the-Rock Trail, 264 Kirk Huffaker, Salt Lake City: Then and Now, 265 Dawn and Morris Thurston, How to Breathe Life into Your Life Story, 266 Arthur O. Naujoks Jr. and Michael S. Eldredge, Shades of Gray: Memoirs of a Prussian Saint on the Eastern Front, 268 Karen M. and Paul D. Larsen, Remembering Winter Quarters: Writings of the Mormon Pioneers at the Missouri River, 270 Lawrence Flake, Twelve Sons of Britain, 272 Barbara Walden and Lachlan Mackay, House of the Lord: The Story of the Kirtland Temple, 273 Irene Spencer, Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife, 275 John R. Llewellyn, Polygamy’s Rape of Rachel Strong, 276 Susan Ray Schmidt, His Favorite Wife: Trapped in Polygamy, 277 Michelle Parkinson, ed., The San Francisco Mormon History Walking Tour, 279 Berta James, Sarah: The Fourth Wife, 279 This full issue is available in Journal of Mormon History: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol36/iss1/ 1 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY WINTER 2010 Cover illustration: Ebenezer Robinson, ca. 1880s. Courtesy Commu- nity of Christ Archives. Correction: The birth year of James Henry Martineau (published jour- nals reviewed in 35, no. 4 [Fall 2009]: 274–80 should be 1828. Mission Statement of the Mormon History Association The Mormon History Association is an independent organization dedi- cated to the study and understanding of all aspects of Mormon history. We welcome all who are interested in the Mormon past, irrespective of reli- gious affiliation, academic training, or world location. We promote our goals through scholarly research, conferences, awards, and publications. Articles appearing in this journal are abstracted and indexed in Histori- cal Abstracts and America: History and Life, published by ABC-CLIO. © 2010 Mormon History Association ISSN 0194–7342 Copies of articles in this journal may be made for teaching and re- search purposes free of charge and without securing permission, as permit- ted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law. For all other pur- poses, permission must be obtained from the author. The Mormon History Association assumes no responsibility for contributors’ statements of fact or opinion. ii Staff of the Journal of Mormon History Editor: Martha Taysom Copy Editor: Lavina Fielding Anderson Editorial Staff: Elizabeth Ann Anderson, Barry C. Cleveland, Laura Compton, Linda Wilcox DeSimone, Sherman Feher, Zachary R. Jones, Scarlett M. Lindsay, Linda Lindstrom, H. Michael Marquardt, Stephen R. Moss, Rene Romig, Jerilyn Wakefield Editorial Manager: Patricia Lyn Scott Book Review Editor: Boyd Jay Petersen Compositor: Brent Corcoran Art Director: Thayne Whiting Board of Editors Polly Aird, Seattle, Washington Gregory K. Armstrong, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, Van Buren, Arkansas Ruth Knight Bailey, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee Samuel Brown, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City Keith A. Erekson, University of Texas, El Paso Hollis R. Johnson, Bloomington, Indiana Jennifer L. Lund, Salt Lake City Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Susanna Morrill, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon Christopher A. Newton, Terre Haute, Indiana Jonathan A. Stapley, Bellevue, Washington John C. Thomas, BYU—Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho The Journal of Mormon History is published four times a year by the Mormon History Asso- ciation, 10 West 100 South, Suite 610, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 {[email protected]}, (801) 521–6565. It is distributed to members upon payment of annual dues: regular mem- bership: $55; joint/spouse membership: $65; student membership: $25; institutional membership: $75; sustaining membership: $125; patron membership: $250; donor mem- bership: $500. For subscriptions outside the United States, please add $20 for postage, in U.S. currency, VISA, or Mastercard. Single copies $15. Prices on back issues vary; contact Patricia Lyn Scott and Linda Thatcher, executive directors, at the address above. Also a fully digitized copy of all back issues up through 2007 is available on DVD for $40 plus $2 for postage ($15 for international postage). Contact the MHA office. The Journal of Mormon History exists to foster scholarly research and publication in the field of Mormon history. Manuscripts dealing with all aspects of Mormon history are welcome, including twentieth-century history and contemporary history, regional and lo- cal history, folklore, historiography, women’s history, and ethnic/minorities history. First consideration will be given to those that make a strong contribution to knowledge through new interpretations and/or new information. The Board of Editors will also con- sider the paper’s general interest, accuracy, level of interpretation, and literary quality. The Journal does not consider reprints or simultaneous submissions. Papers for consideration must be submitted to Martha Taysom, Editor, Journal of Mormon History, at [email protected], preferably in Word. Illustrative materials must be attached in a separate file, not embedded in the Word document. The Journal’s style guide, based on the Chicago Manual of Style and the LDS Style Guide, and specifica- tions for photographs and other illustrative materials, are available on the Mormon His- tory Association’s website {www.mhahome.org}. iii JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY VOLUME 36, NO. 1 WINTER 2010 CONTENTS LETTER Handcart Study Misleads Breck England vi ARTICLES “As Fire Shut Up in My Bones”: Ebenezer Robinson, Don Carlos Smith, and the 1840 Edition of the Book of Mormon Kyle R. Walker 1 “Build, Therefore, Your Own World”: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joseph Smith, and Antebellum American Thought Benjamin E. Park 41 Mormon Rosies: Women and War Work in Manti Amanda Midgley Borneman 73 Lyman E. Johnson: Forgotten Apostle William Shepard and H. Michael Marquardt 93 An Independent Companion: Ethel Nash Parton and the Australian Relief Society Sherrie L. M. Gavin 145 “Read This I Pray Thee”: Martin Harris and the Three Wise Men of the East Richard E. Bennett 178 REVIEWS Michael W. Homer, ed. On the Way to Somewhere Else: European Sojourners in the Mormon West, 1834–1930 Dixie Dillon Lane 217 Cardell K. Jacobson, John P. Hoffmann, and Tim B. Heaton, eds. Revisiting Thomas F. O’Dea’s The Mormons: Contemporary Perspectives Howard M. Bahr 220 Jeffrey C. Fox, Latter-day Political Views John J Hammond 230 Susan Easton Black, Setting the Record Straight: Joseph Smith the Mormon Prophet William D. Russell 234 Johnnie Glad, The Mission of Mormonism in Norway, iv CONTENTS v 1851–1920: A Study and Analysis of the Reception Process Kim B. Östman 237 Craig L. Foster, A Different God? Mitt Romney, the Religious Right, and the Mormon Question, and Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster, The Mormon Quest for the Presidency Michael Harold Paulos 241 Reid L. Neilson, Global Mormonism in the 21st Century Matthew R. Lee 256 BOOK NOTICES Eileen Hallet Stone, ed. and comp., A Homeland in the West: Utah Jews Remember 259 Kip Sperry, Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources 260 Ronald L. Holt, Beneath These Red Cliffs: An Ethnohistory of the Utah Paiutes 261 Bill Harris, A New Zion: The Story of the Latter-day Saints 262 Stewart Aitchison, A Guide to Southern Utah’s Hole-in-the-Rock Trail 264 Kirk Huffaker, Salt Lake City: Then and Now 265 Dawn and Morris Thurston, How to Breathe Life into Your Life Story 266 Arthur O.
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