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. 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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.