On Zion's mount : Mormons, Indians, and the American landscape / Jared Farmer

Object Details

Contents

pt. 1. Liquid antecedents -- Ute genesis, Mormon exodus -- Brigham Young and the famine of the Fish-Eaters -- The desertification of Zion -- pt. 2. Making a mountain : alpine play -- Rocky Mountain Saints -- Hiking into modern times -- Sundance and suburbia -- pt. 3. Marking a mountain : Indian play -- Renaming the land -- The rise and fall of a lover's leap -- Performing a remembered past

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

2008

Author

Farmer, Jared 1974-

Type

Books

Physical description

455 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm

Place

Utah

United States

Timpanogos, Mount (Utah)

Utah Lake (Utah)

Great Basin

Topic

History

Mormons--History

Frontier and pioneer life

Landscape assessment

Indians in popular culture

Description and travel

Record ID

siris_sil_902641

Usage

CC0