Journal of Mormon History Volume 28 Issue 1 Article 1 2002 Journal of Mormon History Vol. 28, No. 1, 2002 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation (2002) "Journal of Mormon History Vol. 28, No. 1, 2002," Journal of Mormon History: Vol. 28 : Iss. 1 , Article 1. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol28/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. 28, No. 1, 2002 Table of Contents CONTENTS ARTICLES PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS • --Brigham Young's Overland Trails Revolution: The Creation of the "Down-and-Back" Wagon-Train System, 1860-61 William G. Hartley, 1 TANNER LECTURE • --Becoming Mormon Elliott West, 31 • --Copyright and Fair Use for Mormon Historians Gary James Bergera, 52 • --A Bundle of Rights Morris A. Thurston, 67 • --Eldridge Cleaver's Passage Through Mormonism Newell G. Bringhurst, 80 • --Writing from Within a Religious Tradition A Mormon Perspective Dean L. May, 111 --A Jewish Perspective Robert A. Goldberg, 121 • --Apostolic Diplomacy: The 1923 European Mission of Senator Reed Smoot and Professor John A. Widtsoe John C. Thomas, 130 • --Valiant Mission: RLDS Beginnings in Denmark Ronald E. Romig, 166 • --Outcomes of the RLDS Mission in Denmark Mark A. Scherer, 195 • --James Thompson Lisonbee: San Luis Valley Gathering, 1876-78 Garth N.Jones, 212 VISUAL IMAGES • --Setting the Record Straight Paul H. Peterson and Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, 256 REVIEWS --Virginia McConnell Simmons, The Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico Ted Warner, 261 --Susan Sessions Rugh, Our Common Country: Family Farming, Culture, and Community in the Nineteenth- Century Midwest Craig L. Foster, 262 --Sondra Jones, The Trial of Don Pedro Leon Lujdn: The Attack against Indian Slavery and Mexican Traders in Utah Will Bagley, 264 --Marilyn Brown, The Wine-dark Sea of Grass, and Judith Freeman, Red Water Terry LJeffress, 266 --Mary Batchelor, Marianne Watson, and Anne Wilde, Voices in Harmony: Contemporary Women Celebrate Plural Marriage Martha Sonntag Bradley, 270 --Kurt Widmer, Mormonism and the Nature of God: A Theological Evolution, 1830-1915 Morgan B. Adair, 273 --Larry C. Porter, Sacred Places: New York and Pennsylvania: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites H. Michael Marquardt, 276 --F. LaMond Tullis, Mormons in Mexico: The Dynamics of Faith and Culture, Los Mormones en Mexico: La Dindmica de la Fe y la Cultura, and Fernando R. Gomez Paez, "The States of Mexico and Morelos: Their Contribution During the Re-Opening Period of Missionary Work, 1901-1903," "Margarito Bautista Valencia," "Francisco Narciso Sandoval: Lamanite Missionary," and "The Third Convention" Thomas W. Murphy, 280 BOOK NOTICES --John W. Ravage, Black Pioneers: Images of the Black Experience on the North American Frontier, 289 --Leonard J. Arrington, Susan Arrington Madsen, and Emily Madsen Jones, Mothers of the Prophets, 290 --Heidi S. Swinton, American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith, 291 --Susan Cummins Miller, ed., A Sweet, Separate Intimacy: Women Writers of the American Frontier, 1800-1922, 292 --Brigham D. Madsen, ed., The Essential B. H. Roberts, 293 --Martha Sonntag Bradley, A History of Beaver County, 293 --Robert Kirby, Dark Angel: A Novel, 294 --Dennis B. Horne, Bruce R. 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Thurston 67 Eldridge Cleaver's Passage Through Mormonism Newell G. Bringhurst 80 Writing from Within a Religious Tradition A Mormon Perspective Dean L. May 111 A Jewish Perspective Robert A. Goldberg 121 Apostolic Diplomacy: The 1923 European Mission of Senator Reed Smoot and Professor John A. Widtsoe John C. Thomas 130 Valiant Mission: RLDS Beginnings in Denmark Ronald E. Romig 166 Outcomes of the RLDS Mission in Denmark Mark A. Scherer 195 James Thompson Lisonbee: San Luis Valley Gathering, 1876-78 Garth N.Jones 212 CONTENTS Visual Images Setting the Record Straight Paul H. Peterson and Richard Neitzel Holzapfel 256 REVIEWS Virginia McConnell Simmons, The Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico Ted Warner 261 Susan Sessions Rugh, Our Common Country: Family Farming, Culture, and Community in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest Craig L. Foster 262 Sondra Jones, The Trial of Don Pedro Leon Lujdn: The Attack against Indian Slavery and Mexican Traders in Utah Will Bagley 264 Marilyn Brown, The Wine-dark Sea of Grass, and Judith Freeman, Red Water Terry LJeffress 266 Mary Batchelor, Marianne Watson, and Anne Wilde, Voices in Harmony: Contemporary Women Celebrate Plural Marriage Martha Sonntag Bradley 270 Kurt Widmer, Mormonism and the Nature of God: A Theological Evolution, 1830-1915 Morgan B. Adair 273 Larry C. Porter,