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Journal of Mormon History Volume 35 Issue 2 Spring 2009 Article 1 2009 Journal of Mormon History Vol. 35, No. 2, 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. 2, 2009," Journal of Mormon History: Vol. 35 : Iss. 2 , Article 1. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol35/iss2/1 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. 2, 2009 Table of Contents TANNER LECTURE --Letting Go: Understanding Mormon Growth in Africa Philip Jenkins, 1 ARTICLES --California Provided the Answer John K. Carmack, 27 --The RLDS Church on the Pacific Slope Ronald E. Romig, 43 --The Tragic Matter of Louie Wells and John Q. Cannon Kenneth L. Cannon II, 126 --Handcarts Going East: The 1857 Missionaries Karen Ann Griggs, 191 REVIEWS --Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., and Glen M. Leonard. Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy Edward Leo Lyman, 238 -Lola Van Wagenen, Sister-Wives and Suffragists: Polygamy and the Politics of Woman Suffrage, 1870–1896 Andrea G. Radke-Moss, 245 --Matthew C. Godfrey, Religion, Politics, and Sugar: The Mormon Church, the Federal Government, and the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1907–1921 Michael Harold Paulos, 250 --Dorothy Allred Solomon, The Sisterhood: Inside the Lives of Mormon Women C. Bríd Nicholson, 259 --Gregory M. Franzwa. The Mormon Trail Revisited Darrell E. Jones, 264 BOOK NOTICES --Jean Miles Westwood. The Political Autobiography of an Unintentional Pioneer, 269 --Hawaiian Mission, Ka Elele o Hawaii, 270 --John P. Livingstone, W. Jeffrey Marsh, Lloyd D. Newell, Craig James Ostler, John P. Starrs, and David M. Whitchurch. Salt Lake City: Ensign to the Nations. Hallowed Ground, Sacred Journeys, 271 --Stephen Singular. When Men Become Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back, 273 --Guy L. Dorius, Craig K. Manscill, and Craig James Ostler, eds. Ohio and Upper Canada. Vol. 6 in REGIONAL STUDIES IN LATTER-DAY SAINT CHURCH HISTORY, 275 --Christian Probasco. Highway 12 276 E. Keith Howick. Polygamy: The Mormon Enigma, 277 This full issue is available in Journal of Mormon History: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol35/iss2/ 1 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY WINTER 2009 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. 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Papers for consideration must be submitted on paper (not e-copies) in triplicate, with the text typed and double-spaced, including all quotations. Authors should follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, and the LDS Style Guide. The Journal‘s style guide is available on the Mormon History Association’s website {www.mhahome.org}. Send manuscripts to the Journal of Mormon History, 10 West 100 South, Suite 106, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. iii JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY VOLUME 35, NO. 2 SPRING 2009 CONTENTS TANNER LECTURE Letting Go: Understanding Mormon Growth in Africa Philip Jenkins 1 ARTICLES California Provided the Answer John K. Carmack 27 The RLDS Church on the Pacific Slope Ronald E. Romig 43 The Tragic Matter of Louie Wells and John Q. Cannon Kenneth L. Cannon II 126 Handcarts Going East: The 1857 Missionaries Karen Ann Griggs 191 REVIEWS Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., and Glen M. Leonard. Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy Edward Leo Lyman 238 Lola Van Wagenen, Sister-Wives and Suffragists: Polygamy and the Politics of Woman Suffrage, 1870–1896 Andrea G. Radke-Moss 245 Matthew C. Godfrey, Religion, Politics, and Sugar: The Mormon Church, the Federal Government, and the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1907–1921 Michael Harold Paulos 250 Dorothy Allred Solomon, The Sisterhood: Inside the Lives of Mormon Women C. Bríd Nicholson 259 Gregory M. Franzwa. The Mormon Trail Revisited Darrell E. Jones 264 iv CONTENTS v BOOK NOTICES Jean Miles Westwood. The Political Autobiography of an Unintentional Pioneer 269 Hawaiian Mission, Ka Elele o Hawaii 270 John P. Livingstone, W. Jeffrey Marsh, Lloyd D. Newell, Craig James Ostler, John P. Starrs, and David M. Whitchurch. Salt Lake City: Ensign to the Nations. Hallowed Ground, Sacred Journeys 271 Stephen Singular. When Men Become Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back 273 Guy L. Dorius, Craig K. Manscill, and Craig James Ostler, eds. Ohio and Upper Canada. Vol. 6 in REGIONAL STUDIES IN LATTER-DAY SAINT CHURCH HISTORY 275 Christian Probasco. Highway 12 276 E. Keith Howick. Polygamy: The Mormon Enigma 277 Philip Jenkins TANNER LECTURE LETTING GO: UNDERSTANDING MORMON GROWTH IN AFRICA Philip Jenkins THROUGH MUCH OF AMERICAN HISTORY, the story of religious life has largely been undertaken by members of the denominations them- selves: Lutherans studied Lutherans, Quakers studied Quakers, and Mormons researched Mormons. The virtue of this approach is that the scholars involved are usually passionately committed to their subject-matter, and the need to write for equally knowledge- able believers means that they are forced to maintain the highest possible standards. Even if you wanted to, you couldn’t get much that was slipshod or overtly biased past a group like this! The re- sulting research provides massive resources for other scholars. Yet denominational history does have some limitations, and some areas of weakness. Normally, it is much better on reporting founding and growth than on failure or decline. Whatever the tradi- tion, everyone has read about the birth and rise of particular churches; rarely do we hear about their contraction or even death, al- though such events do occur. More seriously, focusing on one reli- gious tradition means that we sometimes miss the broader picture, so that we can describe events in one tradition as if they happened in iso- lation, while they were really occurring much more widely.* This will- ingness to see across denominations was the incomparable achieve- * PHILIP JENKINS {[email protected]} is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Humanities in the Department of History and Religious Studies, Pennsylva- nia State University. He is the author of The New Faces of Christianity (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), The Next Christendom, 2d ed.