Dale L. Morgan (1914 1971) remains one of the most respected historians of the American West and his career, one of the least understood. Among today s scholars his reputation rests largely on his studies of the fur trade and overland trails, yet throughout his life, Morgan s primary interest was the history of the Latter Day Saints. In this volume the first of a two-part set Morgan s writings on the Mormons finally receive the attention and analysis they merit."
Dale Morgan on the Mormons" is a far-reaching compilation of the historian s published and unpublished writings. Edited and...

The Utah War--an unprecedented armed confrontation between Mormon-controlled Utah Territory and the U.S. government--was the most extensive American military action between the U.S.-Mexican and Civil Wars. Drawing on author-editor William P. MacKinnon's half-century of research and a wealth of carefully selected new material, At Sword's Point presents the first full history of the conflict through the voices of participants--leaders, soldiers, and civilians from both sides. MacKinnon's lively narrative, continued in this second volume, links and explains these firsthand accounts...