Journal of Mormon History Volume 38 Issue 2 Article 1 2012 Journal of Mormon History Vol. 38, No. 2, Spring 2012 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Journal of Mormon history. Vol 38, Winter 2012: Iss. 2. 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. 38, No. 2, Spring 2012 Table of Contents CONTENTS LETTERS --Augusta Adams Cobb Young: Priesthood Holder Connell O’Donovan, vii PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS --“Not as a Stranger”: A Presbyterian Afoot in the Mormon Past William P. MacKinnon, 1 TANNER LECTURE --Mormon Stories: A Librarian’s Perspective George A. Miles, 47 ARTICLES --From Doctor to Disciple: Willard Richards’s Journey to Mormonism Devery S. Anderson, 67 --New Ways In: Writing Interdisciplinary Mormon History Introduction Rachel Cope, 99 --Shifting the Plot: Possibilities in Mormon Women’s History Rachel Cope, 100 --History through Liturgy: What Worship Remembers Matthew Bowman, 108 --A Shared Historicist Enterprise: Mormon History through a Literary Lens Amy Easton-Flake, 114 --Mormon History and “Lived Religion” Ryan G. Tobler, 119 --“Where Nothing Is Long Ago”: Childhood and Youth in Mormon History Rebecca de Schweinitz, 125 --Religion in a Recipe Kate Holbrook, 139 Conclusion Rachel Cope, 143 --Eleven Witnesses Behold the Plates Gale Yancey Anderson, 145 --Joseph Smith’s Personal Polygamy Brian C. Hales, 163 REVIEWS --Mark T. Decker and Michael Austin, eds., Peculiar Portrayals: Mormons on the Page, Stage, and Screen David W. Scott, 229 --David L. Bigler and Will Bagley, The Mormon Rebellion: America’s First Civil War, 1857–1858 Polly Aird, 233 --J. Kenneth Davies and Lorin K. Hansen, Mormon Gold: Mormons in the California Gold Rush Contributing to the Development of California and the Monetary Solvency of Early Utah Edward Leo Lyman, 240 --William Logan Hebner, ed., Southern Paiute: A Portrait Todd M. Compton, 244 --R. Jean Addams, Upon the Temple Lot: The Church of Christ’s Quest to Build the House of the Lord Steven L. Shields, 249 --Nathaniel R. Ricks, ed., “My Candid Opinion”: The Sandwich Islands Diaries of Joseph F. Smith, 1856–1857 John J Hammond, 252 --Stephen C. Taysom, Dimensions of Faith: A Mormon Studies Reader Blair Dee Hodges, 260 --Brandon G. Kinney, The Mormon War: Zion and the Missouri Extermination Order of 1838 Richard A. McFarlane, 264 --Kim Östman, The Introduction of Mormonism to Finnish Society, 1840–1900 Paul Wilson, 267 BOOK NOTICES George W. 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JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY VOLUME 38, NO. 2 SPRING 2012 CONTENTS LETTERS Augusta Adams Cobb Young: Priesthood Holder Connell O’Donovan vii PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS “Not as a Stranger”: A Presbyterian Afoot in the Mormon Past William P. MacKinnon 1 TANNER LECTURE Mormon Stories: A Librarian’s Perspective George A. Miles 47 ARTICLES From Doctor to Disciple: Willard Richards’s Journey to Mormonism Devery S. Anderson 67 New Ways In: Writing Interdisciplinary Mormon History Introduction Rachel Cope 99 Shifting the Plot: Possibilities in Mormon Women’s History Rachel Cope 100 History through Liturgy: What Worship Remembers Matthew Bowman 108 A Shared Historicist Enterprise: Mormon History through a Literary Lens Amy Easton-Flake 114 Mormon History and “Lived Religion” Ryan G. Tobler 119 iv CONTENTS v “Where Nothing Is Long Ago”: Childhood and Youth in Mormon History Rebecca de Schweinitz 125 Religion in a Recipe Kate Holbrook 139 Conclusion Rachel Cope 143 Eleven Witnesses Behold the Plates Gale Yancey Anderson 145 Joseph Smith’s Personal Polygamy Brian C. Hales 163 REVIEWS Mark T. Decker and Michael Austin, eds., Peculiar Portrayals: Mormons on the Page, Stage, and Screen David W. Scott 229 David L. Bigler and Will Bagley, The Mormon Rebellion: America’s First Civil War, 1857–1858 Polly Aird 233 J. Kenneth Davies and Lorin K. Hansen, Mormon Gold: Mormons in the California Gold Rush Contributing to the Development of California and the Monetary Solvency of Early Utah Edward Leo Lyman 240 William Logan Hebner, ed., Southern Paiute: A Portrait Todd M. Compton 244 R. Jean Addams, Upon the Temple Lot: The Church of Christ’s Quest to Build the House of the Lord Steven L. Shields 249 Nathaniel R. Ricks, ed., “My Candid Opinion”: The Sandwich Islands Diaries of Joseph F. Smith, 1856–1857 John J Hammond 252 Stephen C. Taysom, Dimensions of Faith: A Mormon Studies Reader Blair Dee Hodges 260 Brandon G. Kinney, The Mormon War: Zion and the Missouri Extermination Order of 1838 Richard A. McFarlane