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Journal of Mormon History Volume 35 Issue 1 WINTER 2009 Article 1 2009 Journal of Mormon History Vol. 35, No. 1, 2009 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation (2009) "Journal of Mormon History Vol. 35, No. 1, 2009," Journal of Mormon History: Vol. 35 : Iss. 1 , Article 1. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol35/iss1/1 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. 35, No. 1, 2009 Table of Contents ARTICLES --Eating Vegetables to Build Zion: RLDS Children in the 1920s David J. Howlett, 1 --In the Wake of the Steamboat Nauvoo: Prelude to Joseph Smith’s Financial Disasters Joseph I. Bentley, 23 --“One Long Funeral March”: A Revisionist’s View of the Mormon Handcart Disasters Will Bagley, 50 --James G. Bleak: From London to Dixie Brandon J. Metcalf, 117 --Chief Kanosh: Champion of Peace and Forbearance Edward Leo Lyman, 157 REVIEWS --Daniel Walker Howe. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848 John C. Thomas, 208 --Vern Grosvenor Swanson. Dynasty of the Holy Grail: Mormonism’s Sacred Bloodline Scot Denhalter, 213 --Susan Arrington Madsen. The Second Rescue: The Story of the Spiritual Rescue of the Willie and Martin Handcart Pioneers Polly Aird, 221 --David G. Stewart. The Law of the Harvest: Practical Principles of Effective Missionary Work Henri Gooren, 228 --Jeffery E. Sells. God and Country: Politics in Utah Cheryll Lynn May, 231 --Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp and Reid L. Neilson, eds. Proclamation to the People: Nineteenth-Century Mormonism and the Pacific Basin rF ontier Kenneth Baldridge, 234 --Kip Sperry. A Guide to Mormon History Sources Erin Jennings, 239 --Linda Wilcox DeSimone, ed. Fanny Stenhouse’s Exposé of Polygamy: A Lady’s Life among the Mormons Jennifer Reeder, 241 --William D. Russell, ed. Homosexual Saints: The Community of Christ Experience John D. Gustav- Wrathall, 245 --Philip Jenkins. Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History Richard Lyman Bushman, 250 --Frederick Harold Swanson. Dave Rust: A Life in the Canyons J. Sherman Feher, 253 --Rand H. Packer. A Lion and a Lamb Susan L. Fales, 257 --Robert C. Freeman, ed. Nineteenth-Century Saints at War Curtis R. Allen, 260 --Richard Lyman Bushman. Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction Edward Leo Lyman, 265 --Amy Oaks Long, David J. Farr, and Susan Easton Black. Lorin Farr: Mormon Statesman Linda Lindstrom, 269 BOOK NOTICES --George W. Givens. The Language of the Mormon Pioneers, 272 --Michael B. Oren. Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present, 272 --John R. Llewellyn. Polygamy under Attack: From Tom Green to Brian David Mitchell, 275 --Kathryn R. Abajian. First Sight of the Desert: Discovering the Art of Ella Peacock, 276 --Max E. Robinson and Clay M. Robinson. Echoes from the Cliffs of Capitol Reef National Park, 277 --William Taylor. Rescued by Mao, 278 --Vione Schow. Phay Vanneth: Dead or Alive?, 279 This full issue is available in Journal of Mormon History: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol35/iss1/ 1 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY WINTER 2009 CORRECTION: Our thanks to the readers who supplied some additional information for Irene M. Bates, “The Wives of the Patriarchs,” 34, no. 3 (Summer 2008): 85–109. The death date for Clarissa Smith (p. 98 note 37) is Febru- ary 14, 1854. Also, Patriarch Joseph F. Smith II was the son of Hyrum Mack Smith, eldest son of President Joseph F. Smith. Thus, he was the nephew (not the half-brother) of President Joseph Fielding Smith. 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What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848 John C. Thomas 208 Vern Grosvenor Swanson. Dynasty of the Holy Grail: Mormonism’s Sacred Bloodline Scot Denhalter 213 Susan Arrington Madsen. The Second Rescue: The Story of the Spiritual Rescue of the Willie and Martin Handcart Pioneers Polly Aird 221 David G. Stewart. The Law of the Harvest: Practical Principles of Effective Missionary Work Henri Gooren 228 Jeffery E. Sells. God and Country: Politics in Utah Cheryll Lynn May 231 iv CONTENTS v Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp and Reid L. Neilson, eds. Proclamation to the People: Nineteenth-Century Mormonism and the Pacific Basin Frontier Kenneth Baldridge 234 Kip Sperry. A Guide to Mormon History Sources Erin Jennings 239 Linda Wilcox DeSimone, ed. Fanny Stenhouse’s Exposé of Polygamy: A Lady’s Life among the Mormons Jennifer Reeder 241 William D. Russell, ed. Homosexual Saints: The Community of Christ Experience John D. Gustav-Wrathall 245 Philip Jenkins. Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History Richard Lyman Bushman 250 Frederick Harold Swanson. Dave Rust: A Life in the Canyons J. Sherman Feher 253 Rand H. Packer. A Lion and a Lamb Susan L. Fales 257 Robert C. Freeman, ed. Nineteenth-Century Saints at War Curtis R. Allen 260 Richard Lyman Bushman. Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction Edward Leo Lyman 265 Amy Oaks Long, David J. Farr, and Susan Easton Black. Lorin Farr: Mormon Statesman Linda Lindstrom 269 BOOK NOTICES George W.